A Hearth's Warming Tail | My Little Pony Reviews

[@kirinelaine7352]

At a young age, I was taught to always appreciate a gift. They said the thought matter the most and that’s what they believe you like. So now, I’m able to appreciate literal clothes and books. Even PAPER was a good gift for me, PENCILS EVEN! But I feel like my cousins might have been spoiled a bit since our family gives out money and lottery tickets before the presents, and we all got an electronic, like a laptop or a Google home. Anything could be nice gift in my book, and hugs and kisses can be better than some material. I appreciate the holidays for the kindness and love it breaches out.

[@Benicthehedgehog]

I will be honest, this episode is one of my favorite holiday episodes. Especially that time when Twilight did her Pinkie voice, since it’s another reason why she is my favorite & is so adorable.

[@developingopinionmedia2909]

Pinkie's Present: I'm basically Scrooge's bright-eyed nephew every December. I sang every carol when I was not giving a lick if someone thought I was weird. A chance to bring smiles to people on Christmas is a blessing to all. To: "Though it has put money in my pocket or crust of bread on my table I believe it has done me good and so I say 'GOD BLESS IT'"

[@zaithehedgewolf4587]

Luna future gives me goosebumps when I heard it and still give me goosebumps and I love it

[@astralflare42studios]

I agree with you there.

[@maskedranger8282]

Brett... the speech you made at the end was so touching. I can see how amazingly lucky you are to have such an understanding girlfriend like Chrissy, and such incredible friends. Even if the holidays aren't close to the ones we celebrated as children, we can still celebrate them with the people we love, like friends and family. No one should be alone at the holidays, because every Christmas could be our last Christmas. Have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year, you spectacular man.💖🎄🎁👍

[@lightning-bliss]

We all fall into a time where we miss the point of the holiday, though if anything in my case it's gained a different kind of meaning. Explanation: So for ME as a kid, it was about the magic of the holiday. I had a strong belief in the tales of old St. Nick, flying reindeer, being good and recieving reward for doing so. Sweet sugar cookies and cinnamon bread with my mother, my family whom I didn't see as often would come over and spoil me and my siblings with sweets and hugs and kisses. Being able to see all the decorations, lightning up our Christmas Tree, putting up the decorations for the tree, carrying on the traditions that my mother and father carried before them. But now I'm an adult, and I admit that "magic" from the fairytale of magical deer, a magical man, presents, and sweets, all kinda died out for me, but there's one thing that hasn't, or if anything, it's gained power over the years, spending time with my family and friends. Being able to still carry on the traditions and sharing them with those I love still warms my heart about the holiday. Me and my mother still carry on tasks like decorating the tree, because it's one of the few things I still enjoyed from my childhood that has yet to die out for me to this day. Missing my friends and wanting to spend the holidays with them would have so much meaning for me now then it did when I was a child. Just in general spending the holidays with people I care about is what's important to me. So for me the holiday is more all about celebrating things together, sharing stories and traditions, maybe have a good meal together as well, but overall just being able to spend time together.

[@sparklebuddy9787]

Lightning bliss as long as you have the Christmas spirit that's all you need to have the best Christmas ever, it's not about the gifts you get or the Christmas light or anything Christmasy at all but being together with friends and family

[@sadlobster1]

The magic hasn't faded away from me...but then, I'm a bit of a kid at heart

[@370H-SSV]

Sounds like someone reached the crucial year. Then had more fun years later.

[@sadlobster1]

@@370H-SSV Define fun, in your case

[@Renaki0586]

Well said, Lightning Bliss. Well said. :3

[@alditoification]

I still love A Christmas Carol, not matter how many versions they'll make in the future.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

05:08 and 06:15, Bret, you could never be more right about life and how it screws you up (was nearly 10 years ago with the former), and your bit at the end nearly brought me too tears! Being the family oddball (not negative but out of place) I often almost hid from everyone several times in a row due too them overwhelming me. But this will be the first Christmas in years I'll be having at least some of it with my dad... the hopeless dope he is! I wish you and Chrissie the best this year, in fact her addition into your life was probably the best gift you ever had! Oh and I may be able too do some patron stuff later as well if you'd like it?

[@Zacman1123]

Keyframe's real name is Chrissie? That's a pretty name.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@Zacman1123 Yes, same as one of my (naturally mad) aunts! May have gotten the spelling wrong as there is more then one way too spell it I think. But it is a pretty name.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

"A Hearth's Warming Tail" is one of my most favorite episodes of season 6.

[@TheRavenir]

That was quite a touching story, Golden Fox. I was glad to hear it. I would also consider this episode to be my personal favorite Hearth's Warming episode in the show. The songs in this episode are just amazing and I'm a sucker for musicals. While it does stick very close to the A Christmas Carol formula, I do think it works perfectly here. After all, that moral is a very important one to teach. While I can't say I've had anything bad happen to me at Christmas, the song Seeds of the Past in particular made me aware of how just like Snowfall Frost, I had a rather gloomy childhood where I was too busy studying to actually make friends. That song still sometimes brings me to tears, since it always makes me realize how different my life might have been if I had just been more open towards others as a kid. I might have made friends for life, but instead, no one cared about me at all. And it was all my fault... And in that moment, though you didn't know it Your defenses set up walls you built to last Leading to the pony you've become today And the spell you're about to cast It all comes from your past Those lyrics are so relatable to me that I don't even know where to start. That's literally what I did as a kid: my defenses set up walls I built to last. It's not even that I was being bullied; I closed myself off from the world, thus making myself miserable. I just despised everyone around me so much that I didn't even bother making friends with anyone. And now that I'm 25 years old, I'm paying the price for not having made friends sooner. It's only now that I'm starting to make friends with people, but it's difficult when the very concept of friendship is completely alien to you. I'm doing the best I can, though. I just hope I won't end up driving my friends away with my behavior. My friends are saints for putting up with my antics at times. They really are the best friends you could possibly wish for. Thank you, Katie and Sam. You were the ones who showed me what friendship really means. You showed me how magical friendship can truly be, as cheesy as this may sound. I love you guys. And thanks to you too, GoldenFox, for making such great videos!

[@ambermargheim5726]

I agree, and fox, don't let the haters bring you diwn, we're here for ya no matter what!

[@RosieSievers]

I loved this episode so much and it's my second favourite Hearths Warming Eve episode, you keep on impressing me sharing your personal experiences, I always see Christmas as the time to spend with my loved ones and friends, and doing all sorts of fun things together ^^ As for the Christmas Carol adaptations this is my second favourite behind the Muppets Christmas Carol, as the combination of Michael Caine as Scrooge and The Muppets along with some moments that made your heart fill with joy and fantastic songs, I watch this time and time again especially at this time of year ^^ Great review as always Golden ^^🎄☃

[@anyablaze7956]

This is my first Christmas being so far away from my mom but my first with my other set of siblings, it's very bittersweet. I know I'll get through it, and she sent me gifts to open on the special day; but I can't help but miss her. And I find it cool that she sent me gifts but I'd willing trade them all away if I got to spend a day with her, and give her a hug. At the same time I'm happy to be with the other half of my family, especially my lil'siblings. To share traditions, make memories and spend time with them. And at the end of the day I will always love this holiday and keep its spirit with me year round. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and all festive greetings to all. May you all have your sweetest wishes come true. ^^

[@Claudia-pm7wg]

For my family the holiday season was never about the presents (besides only my mom who was born on Christmas Eve and the youngest of the family until they're ten get a handful of presents) , it's the time of the year where we come together from every corner of the world we're in and just celebrate. But about 14 years ago, my grandmother, who was the matron of our family died on the first day of Christmas. That was the moment we had a lot of trouble holding onto the spirit of the Holiday. So we sat together at the fireplace of my aunt and just talked about all the good things about grandma. We took that one day to morn the loss of her, but the next day we did our Christmas Celebration anyway, because that's what she would have wanted and she would have been very upset if we didn't celebrate the life she had, especially because of everything she experienced. Since then we take the time to light a candle for her and everyone else we lost, say a prayer together and then turn back to Celebrating. In anycase, her loss made us a stronger family and only increased our ties. So for me and my family, Christmas has never been about the presents, but everything about being together with family and the friends we consider family.

[@alexhart9267]

Merry Christmas golden fox. This video almost made me cry. It was so touching and sad about how you stopped caring for Christmas and you realized that that was a mistake.

[@futabanarugonzalez3399]

Severus Snape pony cameo R.I.P Alan Rickman

[@revaslatts4301]

We shall forever miss him. T3T

[@sadlobster1]

If one were to REALLY look at the Christmas Carol story, the true reasons behind Scrooge's nature may be easier to notice. From childhood, he grew up alone with barely anyone to turn to (save for his loving sister.) In a sense; because of this forced solidarity, Scrooge came to believe that society turned its back on him. Once this idea took root in his mind; Scrooge came to think that there was only ONE person he could rely on, himself. But through the visions the spirits showed him; Scrooge came to realize that his actions only made people hate him, thus leading the townspeople to REALLY turn their backs on him (as seen by the high class men cracking jokes about his death and the upcoming funeral.) In the end; Scrooge learned that in order to be love/respected by others, he needed to let them into his life and share that same love in return. So, it's not JUST about the holiday; Scrooge needed to understand the importance of love, family, friendship and kindness

[@slots777]

Admittedly, I'm still trying to find the magic of the holiday again, both because the biggest drivers of Christmas in the past have gone (going to my grandparents' house and the 4:30 or Midnight mass with my dad assisting since he was the deacon at our church) since both my grandparents and my dad have passed away, the latter having only died 3 years ago now; but also because I'm working at a Kroger store now, and the stress I feel there imo equals how you probably feel/felt with your graveyard shift, Golden. In a way, I think I needed to heard what you had to say. I think in some way you kinda gave me an idea of how I can try to make a new kind of magic this year and going forward.

[@battlecross8540]

This year has been a little rough for me and my family to the point most of us will be doing our own thing. On Christmas Eve though my wife and I will be doing our own meal, gifts, and then Midnight Mass with my Ma. I wish I could still do the huge family gatherings of my youth but as an adult like Lightning Bliss below I grew out of old traditions to form my own with my wife and I find this year I am more happy then I have been in the past holiday times. For one night all the drama, nonsense, and BS the family had now is gone and it's just me, the Misses, and God celebrating what I truely have. That I realize after 33 years is the true meaning of the Holiday. Merry Christmas to you and Key Golden, and a Happy New Year to All!

[@alexanderszivy4153]

Your review of a hearth’s warming tail was done well. I can relate to you because when I was younger I did take Christmas for granted but as I got older I began valuing memories and family over physical gifts how ever the past 3 Christmas I had were not really my favourites.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

I absolutely *love* Luna's song!

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

9:30 Like a BOSS!!

[@SuperSailorEris]

I had lost my Christmas spirit due to my dad dying right beforehand and was in a catatonic state. I was basically a zombie in a white limbo where I could only see heaven and hell. I couldn't sleep couldn't eat for the rest of the holidays. And there was this cold burning sensation In the pit of stomach that kept tormenting me. Luckily my neighbors invited me over to do real fireworks for new year's eve that helped me get out of my catatonic state and get the cold burning to stop. Now my Christmas spirit was another issue it wasn't until a year later that this pitbull that came in need helping of it's owner that I got it back and became happier.

[@crystalandcrew4495]

Golden... I hope you enjoy your holiday with Key. Keep her happy and warm. Have fun you two love birds #GoldxKey #GoldenFrame #Keyfox

[@ocomegashadowstacking5886]

Really awesome Mlp Christmas episodes!!!

[@sadlobster1]

For me, personally; the magic of Christmas still resonates within me...and I'm just days away from turning 33. Why do I bring up my age, you may be asking? Because in spite of it, I STILL look forward to Christmas as a child would. I still love sending cards out to people I love, baking, listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas specials (like this one.) But most of all, I my love for St.Nick/Santa has remained with me for all these years. While I don't send my list out through the mail. Every Christmas Eve, I still leave out the traditional cookies and milk. Not just because it's a tradition but because I see Santa embodied through others. Others like my parents, my sister, generous people in my community, kind folk who appreciate the TRUE spirit of the season; all that good stuff. Much like how the image of superheroes embody truth, justice, virtue and heroism. Santa, to me embodies all the best things about Christmas. Generosity, goodwill, love, hope, kindness, belief in the good of the world and selflessness. So long as THESE things exist in this world, Santa IS real (to me.) In closing; while people may think Christmas is overly-commercialized, that the idea of Santa is something to debate/question/argue over, they can't afford to be with those closest to them and such. I'm one of the few who still carries Christmas' true spirit. Of all things, there is but ONE thing I hope to see/receive every Christmas morning and every year...I get it. That being the happiness and continuing love of all the people I hold dear. So long as I live, the magic of the season goes on as well. Merry Christmas to all

[@KidDangerthepony]

Kid Danger: first, happy Hearths Warming, golden! and 2nd, this one i like. *smiles* kinda of has Disney feel to it. And i love Luna's singing in this one. hey hey hey, before anypony throw food at me, let me tell you why. Last Year, i lost my best friend and my grandfather. My grandfather i lost to lung cancer and my lioness, Star i lost because of old age. *frowns* they are in heaven now. But, i seen them in my dreams when i sleep. if you don't know, i have "in honor of Star" display in my channel under a self i am waiting to get. *smiles* this episode love because it feel like i am watching a Disney Christmas Carol but in pony form.

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

I did learn to appreciate my family more Merry Christmas 🎄 And Happy New Year 🎆 Golden Fox 🦊

[@RedDragonForce2]

Yeah, over the years, my enjoyment of the holidays dulled considerably, to a point where it's hard to even put the effort into putting up decorations because so few members of the family are going to be there. This year, we celebrated thanksgiving with my mothers sisters, and my dad and I had a FaceTime chat with his sisters and mother on Christmas Day. With my mother's mother having recently passed back in May, it really hit home why we got together so often (in relative terms) in the recent years. Yes, I have eight Aunts by blood and about six of them are married with about four of them with kids of their own (or step kids). Indeed, a big family where blood is just one small part in the relations we share, and 'step' isn't even really a factor sometimes. I may never have been spoiled during the holidays specifically, but I've been spoiled enough to be able to spend so much time with my parents and relatives in ways that many people can't, and I sometimes take that for granted. I too enjoy the Chrismas Carol formula, and the ways it can teach and reteach the importance of others, and just how special they really are, even if gifts are indeed enjoyable as well. Great review, Fox. Later, RDF2

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

My mother didn't care for the commercialism of Christmas, but she didn't want me and my brother to not get presents when everyone else did, so instead we celebrate the Winter Solstice, as a kid I loved it because I got presents on the 21st instead of the 25th, now, as an adult, I just see it as a day to bond with my family, I barely get any gifts because we're poor, but it doesn't matter, we'll go eat out, watch a movie, and just have fun. That's all it's about, the celebration, and the memories... everything else is just marketing.

[@ericf7435]

A few Christmass ago my "Father" stomped on my gifts and casing a huge mess and so on. So since then I been hating it ever since because I know anything I like to do or anything that he doesn't like will never be welcome in "his house". That the short version of it but I been hating more and more things because of him since he doesn't approve of anything I do and I am 20.

[@Darth_Lucifer]

As a former graveyarder myself I can relate to the stress and at times I felt like snowfall frost but what snaps me out of that is feeling the magick of the holiday. I’m sure even Aeon has felt that

[@marismcgarveyhenderson6328]

This year is a big chage for me. I'm now a college student and me and my brother are living with my Grandparents. This will be our first Christmas without our parents and two other little brothers who are living overseas. I have been feeling a bit down and sad about Christmas and missing the things my family use to do every year but I have decided to not feel sorry for myself and instead think of my Grandparents and brother that I will be with on Christmas morning. I am thankful to have family around me and I will make sure to bless them and give them a wounderful christmas breakfast. Christmas is a wounderful time of year to think of others and everone forgets why this holiday came to be. Christmas is a reminder of the birth of Jesus Christ, the one who came to give us love, joy , peace , hope and most of all life. Without love , what's the point of living ? I'm sorry now I'm just rambling. Merry Christmas everyone and may God bless you

[@ender_slayer3]

After watching your review Golden, I can’t help but notice how much I relate with your feelings on the first “Spirit Song”. And while my personal story is not related to Christmas the similarities are uncanny. All throughout my formative years my Grandma on my Dad’s side was one of the main influences in my life, there was always a kindness about her and a gentleness that made her more than just my grandma. She could also do magic, I remember how we would go over to their house most Sundays for dinner, and I would scour the house looking for where she hid the food. But I could never find it, and when I came back from doing my own thing it was like the first dinner scene from Mrs. Doubtfire when she/he brings the final plate to the table. But as you may have gathered from the beginning she is no longer here. For six long years she had breast cancer, and I never knew, and I know the reason I didn’t is because she didn’t want me to. At that point in my life NOBODY I knew had died, so the concept the very thought of the possibility was unknown to me. She died the day before Halloween, right in front of my eyes and my whole body went numb, I couldn’t see or breath or even stand. The next thing that I know, I’m outside of the building where we were, sitting on a bench in the garden with no memory of how I got there or when, and to this day I still have no memory of going outside. Her death changed me forever, before her death I was social with my peers and teachers, I wore bright colors and was hardly ever without a smile. Afterwards I burned all of my bridges and became isolated, I hardly talked to anyone if at all, I only ever wore black or DARK blue, and the concept of a smile became foreign to me. In the beginning the thought of suicide never occurred to me because in the beginning I wasn’t in pain, I didn’t feel anything at all. I was like this for years before I started to make any kind of progress, and that is when the thoughts of suicide came flooding in. In truth the only thing that saved my life was my faith. It has been over ten years since she died, others have died and deepened the wound, my grandpa remarried, life carries on. But I still remember, it’s like phantom pain from loosing a limb, and though I love the lady my grandpa married I only ever call her by her first name, she will never replace what has been stolen from me, and it wouldn’t be right if she did. Even after ten long years there are days, and even whole weeks that could be cloudless time others, and be as dreary as the deathly hollows to me, days where the color seems to vanish from the world and everything seems forced and fake. Some days everything is just boring and uninteresting, and (for me) the more frequent others where the tiniest thing, even dropping your pen, makes you want to curl up on the ground and cry.

[@kylestubbs8867]

“As they understood me, they advised me to remember the happy times I’ll have with Key, and not worry about commercialism. Making things more ment-“ **Google Ad break**

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

I’m definitely gonna be watching this Christmas special (and the 2018 one) for many years to come

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

Amamzing review. My only nitpicks are Scootaloo should’ve played Tiny Tim and shouldn’t Rainbow Dash and Starlight be wearing gowns? Because there was a gender swap of Christmas carol where they wore gowns.

[@krwizard5991]

Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again: Pretty average song, I still love it. Say Goodbye to the Holiday: Starlight has great singing voice, but I prefer her good guy side. The Seeds of the Past: My first AJ song, since I didn't start watching from ep 1. Pinkie's Present: Second best Pinkie Pie solo song of all time. Luna Future: Epic and goosebumps at the same time, I will give this song another chance since Luna is my best princess. Reprise of the first song, one thing I'm going say to Starlight. She the best waifu ever.

[@ThePa1riot]

Happy Heartswarmings Golden.

[@madzman7214]

luna songs my favorite in the episode

[@sadlobster1]

I LOVE CHRISTMAS! Going to church on Christmas Eve, the music, the baking, spending time with family, sharing goodwill and gifts with those around you. Here I am close to turning thirty-four and the inner child in me always looks forward to that time of year. It isn't just because my birthday is three or four days before Christmas (the 22nd.) It's for all the reasons I listed above. I also have no shame in admitting that, unlike most people my age, I STILL believe in Santa and perform the cookies and milk tradition every Christmas Eve. Now...before anyone wishes to laugh at me for this reveal. Permit me to share with you a comment made by a user named SuperHurricane on what Santa TRULY represents. "Santa is real though. He's a spirit of a saint long ago with unfinished business, who spreads the emotion of goodwill and generosity throughout the world, and the more that people believe in him, the stronger the power of love unites us each and every year." So long as you remember this idea, there IS a Santa Claus

[@thegoodwitchluzura]

I saw that comment somewhere here! 😮

[@RegalFlare]

I feel you there. I really didn't and still done like the holidays. But I do love to spend time with my family. I just wish I was able to. I haven't been home for Christmas in 4 years. Thats a sailors life for you.

[@snowfox4704]

I’ve stopped celebrating Christmas 12 years ago, when I turned 18, despite not wanting presents at all. I ran into the worst times of my life at 18 that stretched on for years to come. I just can’t bring myself to celebrate it again for it started at the same time. Even my birthday is just another casual day for me, without celebration. I fought and bled for everything I now have, and had lost in past, so it’s hard for me to find a reason to give it the time of day.

[@autumbreeze1129]

I'll admit, Christmas hasn't been as Magical over the last couple years as it used to be and that's for several factors. The first and biggest is when my grandmother died. Every year, my family and I would go to my grandparents' on my dad's side house and have this huge party with our whole family. It was something I looked forward to every year, even as I got into my adult years. But... then my grandmother got cancer and couldn't hold the parties anymore. We tried at my aunt's house and that did work. It wasn't exactly the same, but it still had enough of the joy and togetherness that it was still a good time. Then... my grandmother died the very next year... and it hasn't been the same since. My immediate family fell apart and now my dad lives separately and I'm the only one who still stays in contact with him. Now each Christmas I have to choose which side of my family to celebrate with, my dad's side or my mum's side and it tears me up every time. My grandmother was like the glue that bound us all together and with het gone... my family has and likely never will be the same ever again. I hold out hope that things will work out and do still try my best to enjoy being together with my families on the holiday... but the initial spark I had for Christmas is gone. It died with my grandmother and will never come back. I do still have a spark for Christmas and cherish my time with my families on the holiday... but it'll never be like that original spark.

[@musicorumdraco2792]

sometimes when the holidays come around i get bitter because of that piece of family thats missing

[@sparklebuddy9787]

I love this episode that I would like this to be any I know some of you guys might think this might sound corny which I respect but I think this should be a musical play because of the songs especially the say goodbye to the holiday song and I could really see this on a stage

[@SuperHurricane]

Also, I'm looking forward to whatever you MLP reviewers have done as a Christmas Collab this year, given the next year there may be some big changes going around.

[@newbiegamelover4767]

I know I've become a bit of a Scrooge in recent years, but my "Bah Humbugs" are more directed toward not Christmas, but Halloween. When I was a kid, I would grow excited at the thought of dressing up in a goofy costume, going around house-to-house, begging for free candy. This tradition lasted into my teen years, when I quickly found myself saying "Trick or Treat" to my own classmates. While they didn't bug me about it, this became embarrassing, because I felt like the only high schooler who still went Trick or Treating, so the next year, I wanted to be the person who handed out the candy, that way I could still dress up and enjoy the tradition. Unfortunately, I live on a terrible block for Trick or Treating, to the point where the neighbors no longer even tried to set up, so I had to set up at a friend's house, who lived much closer to the action. It was a lot of fun, and I wanted to do it again the next year! Sadly, the friend moved, so I was stuck in my house. I made an attempt, but only got two kids, who were siblings, at the end of the night and ended up giving them the entire horde. The following years, I gave up trying. I started losing the desire to decorate (we don't really have very many decorations), or even dress up. Even worse, it seemed that more and more people were favoring Halloween over Christmas, which was really painful, as Christmas was and still is my favorite holiday. I then started seeing Halloween being a time for, not goofy costumes and candy, but unsettling atmospheres and jumpscares, which I *hate.* Even worse, with all the horror movies/video games, and anything with a horror theme being something that can be tossed around at any point, but anything involving Christmas being demonized if it's even touched outside of November or December, it seemed that Halloween was a holiday that is pretty much celebrated the entire year, when that honor should be going to Christmas. Also, people were complaining about how much stress it is to put up Christmas decorations, but calling Halloween decorations "fun," even though the trials of decorating for both holidays should be relatively the same. One year, I got so fed up with the whole thing that I took down what little Halloween decorations I had and put up my Christmas tree, right in the middle of October. I then spent that entire Halloween watching Christmas movies with my Christmas lights on. My attitude toward Halloween isn't as bad now, but it's still pretty fresh. Don't get me wrong, I *want* to enjoy Halloween, just as much as I enjoy Christmas, but as of late, I just haven't been able to.

[@CrystallizedCoyote]

I don't really care much for Halloween, either. I hate getting scared and the feeling of unease. I also stopped caring for eating candy, but that's because I grew out of eating it. I like Christmas more because it is a joyful time of the year and you get to spend your time with family. In fact, it is also my favorite holiday. I don't think you necessarily need to enjoy Halloween because you don't really need to celebrate it. I think people have the choice to either celebrate a holiday or not. Merry Christmas!!!

[@mrkat1999]

You should review “where and back again”

[@Spyro757]

What I remember as a kid was during Christmas our family would get together and share all gifts with each onther and watch movies as well ugh I want to be a kid again

[@sharondamurphy8462]

I agree with you Golden Fox the point of the holidays is enjoying it while we still can then golden I understand that now

[@Zodia195]

This episode did fall into my Top 10 of S6, however unlike the other Musicals it was not in my Top 2 (Musicals tend to either be my fav of the season, or close to it) because of the predictable storyline. I will say this though, music wise, I rank #2 after MMC because of the variety of music and how memorable it was (fyi, I rank Pinkie Pride 3rd and CoTLM 4th music wise). Now as far as the Holidays go, I will admit, it is one of the most depressing times of the year for me since I do lack those connections with my own family, but I don't regret cutting those emotional ties because it was for my own well being in the long run. So I try to remember the meaning in my own way. Good review Goldie, I enjoyed it.

[@lostonessoul8435]

The holidays (mainly Christmas) and I have a rockier than normal relationship. When I was younger Christmas promised one thing and one thing alone. The first snowfall and the last shall begin at the first sign of winter (aka December 1st) and the last (December 25{?}) as I grew older it began to snow less and less until this year where we got zero snow.... As well one Christmas my dad was never around just out fighting a war, now I know that he was doing it for our country but as a child who needed a father figure all it did for me was make me grow more and more bitter than sweet towards him. To this day I am still bitter, dare I say more bitter than coffee towards him to the point where I can't trust him at all. I don't see him as my father, dad, or even my parent, I see him as the man who left me like I was garbage....but I have good memories too.....there just fewer than the bad. But the one I remember clearly even to this day. Was back when I was nine years of age. I had come down with a nasty cold and my mom was worried that because of this we wouldn't be able to take the trip to my grandparents. I fell asleep that night when I awoke. Everyone all my relatives came to me and as if by magic it began to snow.

[@phobiawitch835]

My feelings on the holidays have typically been fairly positive, though I do have the occasional year where I just feel stress about it all. I learned fairly early, about 12 or so, that my family was beginning to struggle to even live a normal life, constantly moving ever since my 11th birthday. As such, compared to when I was younger, eagerly adding things to my list for Santa or family, I sorta just, started to limit my desires. I began to only put ablut 10 things on a list to ask for, stopped the tradition of writing a letter that I’d been doing, and just, sorta began to feel nothing, giving out a small smile for the camera whenever I opened a present. My family still struggles, but a bit less so in recent years, with fewer moves, and as of almost 2 year ago now (2 years being just before my birthday this coming summer), we now own a home and dont have to worry about a lack of stability, until I move out on my own finally. This recent years, I still barely put anything on that list, because it now feels like an onligation or chore to fill out so grandparents and parents have ideas to give something. Most of the list is just asking for gift cards so I can do my own shopping, or cash so I can pay a bit of rent, help shopping for necessities, or pay off some college debt. But, I find myself enjoying the holidays a bit more now because, with a more stable home, I was able to also find a stable job in walking distance that I’ve had for about 2 and a quarter years now, and can afford to do even a little bit of shopping to get just the right gift for everyone in my family. Gotta say, I feel warm knowing I got them something they’ll enjoy. This most recent year, for example? I got my mother a new towel to match the theme of her kitchen decor, as well as the classic Grinch on dvd. The siblings each got a new teddy bear (they collect stuffies), and a set of cat ears they’d liked from a vendor in the summer (one got pastel pink, the other a nice star themed set). My dad, with a bit of help from my mother to cover shipping, got a tool set he’d been eyeing online to help with getting housework done. Yeah, none of them were jumping around in excitement the way I did when I found out I’d gotten a dry erase dnd game mat, but they were happy woth the gifts and it made me happy.

[@autumbreeze1129]

6:26 especially because it's literally ONE DAY IN THE WHOLE FREAKING YEAR! Fucking Flint clearly knew Snowfall was a diligent student, who always put in her all. And yet, the one day of the year where ALL CHILDREN just have fun and he sees it as her ignoring everything she would literally go right back to doing at the end of the holiday and decides he has to treat her as such. Honestly, Flint Heart is up there on my list of Most Hated Characters in MLP, right alongside Spoiled Rich, Sludge the Dragon and Svengallop. Fuck the lot of them. Another interesting thing about this episode is later on, like all the way down the line after season 8, we're given 3 in universe characters who represent past, present and future, the Gift Givers of the Grove Aurora, Bore and Alis. Sure, in this episode the spirits are given the shape of the characters we know, but Twilight is the one telling the story, so that makes sense. But, after seeing Best Gift Ever, my theory is the 3 reindeer are the ones who visited Snowfall Frost that night. Would make a lot of sense, wouldn't it?

[@celsetialarchives5909]

Lunars song is amazing it gave me major frost punk vibes

[@redrasegarden]

That story was beautiful golden.

[@iceluvndiva21]

Myself personally? I love the holiday but I don’t like the overwhelming merchandising or the loud parties. This is because my hearing is sensitive and I get easily overwhelmed by social situations. I still attend the traditional dinner and catch up with my family but I take breaks and retreat somewhere quitter.

[@developingopinionmedia2909]

Spent most of my time studying trying to find my life career. Ended up working several different jobs. Currently do manufacturing. Can't say I didn't socialize much but as I look back I sometimes wonder if I couldn't have done things differently. So yeah, "Seeds of the Past" =bit of an ouch moment.

[@יובלקונסקר]

love the songs in the episode

[@sharondamurphy8462]

I love your review Golden Fox it's the second best review ever happy holidays to you and Keyframe

[@mikegreenway1161]

I agree with you golden fox she was doing the pinkie pie voice😉

[@anonamouse5917]

Why the hell does KZbin uncheck the bell on my subscriptions?!?!? Love this review GoldenFox !! Lots of good points here.

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Eh, Christmas has lost a lot of meaning to me after so many years, but I still understand how much everyone loves it when I think of them and vice versa.

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

I'm still in my "not a fan of the holidays" mindset and well...I think for me it's because isntead of just...not getting gifts I wanted or whatever around the holidays...due to my apsurgers combined with the stress of the holiday, most of my holiday memories since I've been like...15 (I'm 26 now) were either stress at work due to how busy things got, or fighting amoungst the family due to everyone being stressed. and to me...yea I loved and appreciated any gifts I got from my family, but to me for the most part they werent usually...worth the yelling and screaming and constant fighting. Not to mention despite my feelings on xmas...Im one of those people who LOVES giving gifts to others and seeing them happy. so I nearly break my own bank and do my best to think of hte perfect gift for all my friends every year...yet rarely get...ANYTHING back from any of them and it just...makes me feel less cared about. I know thats a lot of a sorta...mini-rant about my life but hey, you were wanting to hear others' stories so..here's one more I suppose

[@blaa6]

I loved this episode. Much more than the students one in Season 8.

[@SuperHurricane]

The real food for thought was that Christmas is supposed to be in November. And despite all the sales, the new products, the free delivery each early November and most of December, in the end, we can't make a dent in the massive debt that we owe to China. But I agree on the trauma part, for me, it was my dad destroying my target sheet that I hit multiple bulls-eyes with arrows to show me I was to focus on my work rather than doing pointless sport activities, I think....my memory of that experience is lousy.

[@battlecross8540]

7:50 That is why I DO NOT piss off Princess Luna! I can handle a scolding and an annoyed look from Celestia.....but Luna can utterly mind fuck you to the point of comatose. I don't tick off someone who can mind fuck like Luna mind fucks. No sir!

[@KuatPronunciations1860]

instead a bitter homen learn love through introspection and change his vision of life to live a happier and longer life, now it is a spiteful pony learning a fact of a ghost change his vision by self-preservation basically take the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and take away all personal growth but Luna sings so it's ok not to learn anything of value

[@katied796]

This was a nice review, enjoyed it, and related a bit to it. Keep going strong and Happy Holidays

[@funcoolfunfun]

This is the third best Hearth's Warming thing.

[@shadowldrago]

Happy Holidays, Fox.

[@sevenequalsoneheart6710]

Every year as of late has been getting harder for us when christmas draws near. As my parents keep asking me what i want and most if not all the things i want or need i can get myself since i no longer live with them and have my own job. And thats not me being ungrateful as my parents have set a rule not to ask for anything that me, my brother, or my step sister can buy ourselves. So i try to think of something that i could actually look forward to like maybe tickets for some sort of family vacation for the upcoming summer. Since we barely get out of the town of Massena NY anymore. Not even to visit our relatives in the Adirondack Mountains, due to this on going internal fued between my Grandfather and his own children (my mom, my uncle, and my aunt). As everyone gets easily annoyed and insulted. With all males of the family having to work with no time to spend with eachother just to talk or relax. Or just being forced to hear him go on and on about how the american legion kicked him out, and how he wont let anyone take away his guns. I love my papa but it was this attitude that drove my mom and him apart because not only was it rare for me to spend time with my cousins but when i had gone through reconstructive foot surgery he kept saying i couldnt laze around all day and actually refused to hand me my crutches because he wanted me to help him outside and thought my surgery was a joke even though i was in a leg cast. My mom had to put her foot down when he hit my foot and we ended up leaving that summer and that was the last time we went to his house. This year is getting even more stressful because both my grandparents had attempted suicide. My grandma sick of not being able to spend time with her own family because of how my grandpa keeps driving us away and my grandpa due to most likely ptsd reasons since he's a marine vet. I want to be able to see them and the rest of the family but with everyone working in my immediate family there is no guarantee we can do that. (Also the fact my mother hates traveling on icy roads.) Its the same reason we cant go on family vacations anymore. So i think of awesome collectibles from my favorite films, cook books, or appliances. They tell me to save my own money for that and just say theyll buy me a $20 gift card to walmart after saying the presents i want arent "realistic" and that im too spoiled. I am so emotionally drained by this time of year that i wonder if my parents are right sometimes. I mean the most joy i get now is participating in making desserts for christmas. But that joy sorta snuffed out when my family practically cut ties with my grandpa. I ask them if we can go visit them sometimes and they would ask me "oh are you gonna drive?" and i just stay silent like i always am due to having been the "Meg Griffin" of my family for most of my life. I would drive down to visit them if i could but due to asperger's... And growing up with a panicky mother who had to chauffer me to doctors appointments in the winter i ended up being afraid to drive. And there is no reliable public transportation to save my life. So im basically a prisoner of a town so far in debt the local walmart even wants to shutdown... Sometimes i even wonder if it was my fault for the family becoming so distant...

[@carolarnold2826]

I wish the holidays were more special but everything fell apart after my grandpa died around the holidays and the family fought so now we don't have any gatherings and no Christmas dinner presents basically come as a gift card or card with money so we can get whatever we want it's really hard to deal with :(

[@jackmurphybatmanfan4619]

i really do love Christmas

[@EduardoGonzalez-jm4ql]

i think I saw this show but the song was good

[@fatumwolf]

I normally don't do this. Nor is it easy to put into words. But for me... The holidays were just a reminder that my life wasn't my own.

[@No1ofgreatimportance]

I'm going through a rough time right now... I'm an unpaid caregiver to my mom, and because she has difficulty moving about the house, she can't really help me prepare for X-Mas, and that includes, decorating, baking sugar cookies (and make other goodies), and cooking X-mas dinner... And unfortunately, over the years, I couldn't help but become somewhat resentful, because I had to do almost everything on my own. It got to the point where I couldn't help but hate the holiday... (my big sister lives in CA, so she couldn't help until she comes over for the holidays) I think, that my misery weakened my immune system to the point where I'm sick Right Now, and feeling weak from it, I'm currently unable to prepare any goodies, and if it continues, I might not be able to even make X-Mas dinner... I'm still able to care to my mother at least, but when she saw how slow I was moving, She told me something awesome, "It's okay if you can't make any of the goodies on time"...."We can always give our other family members IOU's... I hope I can get better soon, because That was the Best Present my mom has ever given me, Time to recuperate, and just like that the X-mas stress is gone.

[@rebelwolf39]

I'm glad things we're relaxed for all of you in the end. :)

[@jackmurphybatmanfan4619]

I have never read the book i would love to

[@sarahhamm6416]

i did not know that tara strong was going to be pinkie first

[@DoraeArtDreams-Aspy]

Awesome review and speech GoldenFox ^^

[@ducky5021]

For me, Christmas isn't always a happy celebration. A few years ago a cousin I was extremely close to, was found in his home, apparently he committed suicide on Christmas eve. That kinda ruined the spirit of Christmas for me.

[@jessicapedley4082]

Amazing Review :)

[@ladystein2246]

I like how at the moment this video has no thumbs down ❤️

[@Rojaniel]

Overall, I still have a very happy opinion of Christmas, as I've never worried about the prep of the holidays, but the SPIRIT of Christmas (and meaning, am Christian, screw off about that Paganism stuff. I know, I know. Let me have this). One particular Christmas, 7 years and 5 days ago, the house where I lived growing up, and where my sister and grandmother lived at the time burned down. That particular Christmas was marred by that event. To this day, I am reminded of the event. MY grandmother has passed on since then, but I'm sure my sister remembers it as well. I had moved out a year prior by that time, so I was mostly unaffected.

[@renaecassidy7510]

I kind of felt the same way I win covid got started and everyone had to quarantine himself over the holidays which pretty much likely sucked hooked and yeah it was depressing but my sister her in my whole family was still there we were still there for each other or even and if it mean we had to talk to each other over the phone and so yeah but I also was spending in the night with my sister and we were so distancing don't get me wrong and we did the whole social distancing and so it was good still kind of sucked but it was still good

[@astralflare42studios]

BTW, is Flintheart's (the pony not the duck) last name Glomgold?

[@ArchShades]

Say golden since its the month of the holidays and christmas is almost here why not do a review of the best gift ever special? afterall its become the best christmas episode since twilight and the others actually do a holiday event that we people do on holidays and thats the "Secret santa" event. ^_^

[@Soveliss74]

Proud of you, dude

[@matthewlo55]

Merry early Christmas.

[@futabanarugonzalez3399]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎅

[@Zoroas_Bounty]

How does one fly through time and space itself?

[@travissmith2848]

You're doing it right now. Albeit the time part is only in one direction and at a semi-fixed rate.

[@PlugBoy]

THE FRONT FACE STILL BOTHERS ME A BIT

[@23gameoverlord]

the ONLY problem i have with the episode, is substituting characters of the story, with characters that are in the show. what i mean is, when i see the Spirits of Hearthswarming, i don't see the spirits......i only see the ponies acting as them. and that breaks the illusion that Twilight is telling a story. now i know this has happened before in the Hearthswarming Eve Play, but for some reason, it just erks me when its used here. i would've loved to see actual OC models, meant for the spirit's themselves, give them their own unique feel and tie-in to the story! but every time i see AJ or Pinkie, the whole story just looses its charm & immersion. for example: when Pinkie came in, i didn't see the Ghost of H.W Present, i just see Pinkie being Pinkie and nothing else.

[@Deathanilerhellsking]

Is it from Christmas carol.

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

Awesome 👏 Video Golden Fox 🦊

[@omnitechnologies5959]

Remember

[@adamsaltus4152]

I really don't care about Christmas anymore my mom passed away in 2019 four days before Christmas

[@AriaCallisto]

In case you didn't notice, goldy, you spelled "hearth's" wrong on your thumbnail >~< I love your work though! ❤

[@GoldenFoxPictures]

If it's because of the h, it's supposed to be spelt that way.

[@journey9641]

Am I the only one who didn't have any strong feelings for the holiday even as a kid? I didn't get extremely happy for it nor did it hate it, just neutral.