Idk if it was intentional but Twilight imitating Pinkie's voice could be a pretty subtle meta joke; Tara was originally going to audition for Pinkie when the show was starting.

I love Luna's song! It gives me chills!

I always liked the part at the end, where Twilight gave her the option to go to bed, completely guiltlessly, but still invited her to the party. I think it really shows Twilight's growth - she lets things go, and her lessons to sink in before pressuring anything.

I just realized that Starlight had her old “villain” hairstyle when she was playing the “villain” Snowfall. That’s a really nice touch, and it’s cool to see her old hairstyle back for a bit.

incidentally, they've all imitated Pinkie.

Derpy sure is the brightest star!

Tara Strong originally auditioned for the role of Pinkie Pie lol so that part was a nod to that

Seeds of the Past actually hit me kinda hard, seriously when Snowfall started singing I actually had to hold back from crying. I don't have personal experiences like that at all, but it still hurt a bit.

Luna's song always gives me chills. Its different and its amazing.

Luna’s singing voice sounded incredible!

Did anybody notice that Luna's singing VA was different. She has only sung once before, in the Season 4 finale, and the singer was Kazumi Evans (Rarity's singer, Octavia, Adagio Dazzle). This time, the singing VA for Luna was Aloma Steele, who I first discovered in Monstercat songs.

The songs were all great. Luna's solo especially was amazing! I definitely saw the parallels between the Hearth's Warming Tail & what happened with Starlight during the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come. Luna was perfect for that role. Awesome job, Sir!

This was an incredible episode. I absolutely loved all the songs, Pinkie's the most.

+Applegeek, fun fact: Discord was suppose to be as Jacob Marley, but they ran out of time and didn't have to add him on the episode.

Princess Lunas singing voice was originally by Kazumi Evans cause she also does rarity and adagio as well. But this time it was by someone else which was EPIC

OMG PROFESSOR SNAPE LOOKALIKE AT 13:10!!!!!!! POTTERHEADS UNITE!!!!

Looks like you're getting your Hearth's Warming Album with all these songs included! They just announced it

17:50 - Twilight imitating Pinkie Pie's voice is an allusion to the fact that Tara Strong originally auditioned for Pinkie, and would've voiced her similarly to how she voiced Bubbles from the PPGs.

That Professor was Snape! There's no way he could be someone else!

*”well he’s a real ray of sunshine isn’t he”*

22:16 dragon toenail 20% proof now that's some Christmas spirits that will get you through the holiday

awesome Reaction Dude :D i had a similar reaction to Lunas song haha just with me freaking out a lot like always haha the song is soooo amazing im camping youtube for remixes :D

This is more or less tied with "No Second Prances" for my favorite episode of the season so far. As for my personal favorite song, I have to go with "Say Goodbye to the Holiday", with the future song being close with its ambiance, but being a bit too short.

twilight:"now starlight! you must conform and celebrate this holiday! "

Applegeek: Is this the pony version of the Scrooge story? me: Yes, yes it is.

I laughed so hard when Twilight did her Pinkie Pie voice, "And the reason is to be with your friends!" That was my favorite.😂😂😂😀😀😀😊

Seriously reminds me of Severus Snape

Snape Snape Severus Snape

My teacher: 'Has anyone watched the Muppets adaptation of a Christmas Carol?' My class: 'Yeah' Me: *'Well I've seen the mlp version'* My class: 'Aren't you a *bit* too old for that?' Me: *'No'*

The current version of "a Pony kind of Christmas" cd has the songs from this episode added on. So earlier releases actually has less songs.

Who else wouldn't mind if they made a Derpy tree topper?

13:50 Oh Snape. You and your classic antagonistic ways.

I know that this is several years late to say but THANK YOU!!!! FINALLY someone talked about the Sherlock character ponies in this episode.

Derpy IS the star. the best star. Ever.

Your weather sounds like Michigan too. I can't wait for Summer.

17:47, this is why I fully support TwiPie!!!

they should really make a ornament or tree topper of Derpy like in this episode.

All I heard when professor Flinhardt said "REAL magic takes time to learn!" Snape: "Lose of limb will not excuse you... page 394..."

17:47 it's official Tara Strong can do a pinkie pie voice

Twilight's Pinkie Pie voice is adorable

have to get this joke out of the way before I comment with afterthoughts on this review later: why is Professor Flintheart so dismissive of Hearth's warming? same reason why he isn't a botany teacher, his Lily Died! -shot-

I was very very impressed with this episode, I'm very very proud of the new people with every episode i see i see more and more improvements. I'm loooooving season six soooooo much.

My favorite song from this is Apple Jacks seeds of the past it’s really beautiful

Right before he bursts out laughing, he looks like he's about to barf. XD

It's "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

"who is that pony with BonBon?" glad im not the only one who noticed

07:23 yes it is this a pony version of a christmas carol you are correct

Thank you!! I'm not the only one who sees Professor Snape in him!!

This episode just blew me away... WOW!

21:10 Already foreshadowing season 9's third and second last episodes.

Ghost of the Future... Dr. Hooves? :D

That pony reminds me SO much of Pro. Snape Harry potter reference

17:40 Im laugh so hard the new ship sound 😂😂

This is my favourite episode! :3

I swear the musical numbers take up more than half of this episode

Luna's song is the best part of this episode. This is amazing episode. I love it.

AG: Everyone's there! Even Rainbow Dash's dad!!!!!! Me: Well, minus Discord.

Great reaction! I really enjoyed all of the songs.

okay so I was watching this, and as soon as the final hearthswarming song started I looked outside and it was snowing!

19:57 ooh! Cold chills alert!

Boy a great mix of Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I don't think I've seen this combo before. As usual great reaction and analysis. I did have one thought. I wonder if Luna getting her own singing voice might mean we'll be hearing more singing from her in the future. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The vocal work too in both Snowfall and Luna's songs was amazing! Even on the 10th watching the vocal work and music in both of those still gives me chills at points.

The parallels with Starlight just hit me 7 years later

I know it's a holiday episode, but it's still easily a 10 outta 10. Every song was great, the parallels between Snowfall and Equality Starlight were there, and it was just a plain joy to watch. Great episode.

I love the fact that they change Starlight hair back to evil Starlight

10:00 My thoughts exactly when I saw the promo for this episode. The role seems to fit Starlight perfectly.

23:43 I love that part where everypony but Vinyl is singing, instead, Vinyl just bobs her head, showing her again, not the one to actually speak, let alone, sing.

You're the first reactor, I've seen, who reacted to the Sherlock and Watson :-P And also Moriarty

What I like about this episode was how the end song matched the ponies passing. And for Twilight to just say thank you for letting me read it to you =)

17:37 That was funny with the pinkie pie voice and the reason is to be with your friends

That Luna song... I can't even express how awesome it is!

This I think has to be one of my favorite episodes

Oh Gods, I totally missed 11's appearance. That's awesome!😸

If you count the reprise as a song, there are 6 songs in This episode. Now i just cant help think What would have happened if This was a 2 parter!

+The Lightning Brony Because in that one episode when Sweetie Belle made that burned food it was for when there parents when they were visiting from Canterlot.

This was a really good episode, the songs were enjoyable, and its funny seeing an MLP version of the Christmas Carol, and I know it wasn't really Applejack but I think she looked adorable with her mane done up in pigtails, nice reaction.

Hahaha! That intro never gets old! I love it!

I have a theory about the Windigos When we first saw them there were three of them, and there are THREE Spirits of Hearthswarmming Eve Now I know at the end of the story about hearthswarmming, the Windigos were caught in the heat released by the love and friendship released by the six ponies they'd trapped.... but this is MLP, apart from Sombra, when has this show EVER killed someone off My thought is that the Windigos were changed by what happened and gained a new purpose. Before, they fed off anger and hate, growing stronger when they did, but after being essentially drowned in the positive feelings from the ponies, they realised how much more powerful those feelings were. So instead of spreading hate and anger, they began spreading the feelings brought out by Hearthswarmming, and did this for so long that they have now become dependent on them. This then means that anything that threatens Hearthswarmming is also a threat to them, and Snow Fall's spell is particularly dangerous, because it would turn back the clock, and undo centuries of peace So it Behooved (I regret nothing 😜) them to intervene and stop Snow Fall, because they know that if Snow Fall succeeds, they go back to how they were, and they don't want that. Not just for themselves, but for all the ponies they have come to care about And for those of you who think I'm crazy, think on what I said at the start, 3 Windigos, 3 Spirits of Hearthswarmming, and we see at least TWO appear in the vision of the future, AFTER two of the spirits had had their say. This makes me think that the first two had transformed back into Windigos, and after Luna disappears, we don't actually SEE how many Windigos are circling Snow Fall, there could have been three meaning after giving her piece, Luna's Spirit gives in to the transformation as well It's just a theory, but I think it's still cool

when there are good songs and then there is a luna song, chills as hell xD

she's a spirit in this episode so it makes sense

Happy Hearthswarming everypony! FYI ‘The Scrooge Story’ is called A Christmas Carol, and to anyone here who likes reading, I reccomend!

I know this episode was a long time before season 9 however the outfit Applejack is wearing right here is the same outfit she wears on Big Mac's wedding day. It's just designed a little differently so you can't tell 😂

Just realized we never saw Twi's counterpart in the story, what role would she had?

This is a mlp version of A Christmas Carol

29:57 Am I the only one who remembered the scene in Bad Seed where the CMC were over at Sweetie Belle's house and her dad was outside fishing?

11:11 The proper title is 'A Christmas Carol'. A great book written by Charles Dickens in 1843. A true genius that Dickens. Bart: Yeah, and television's been milking that goat for years.

I miss Alan Rickman.

I like that every time starlight is evil her hair changes

16:32 I just wish that he noticed that featherweight was actually Tiny Tim. Ok, he noticed it. nvm.

Applegeek love your reaction, I have something interesting to tell you but if you already know that's fine. Tara strong was originally going to play Pinkie pie maybe that was a voice call back. Just wanted to share. Keep up the good work 👍

OCTAVIA PLAYING VIOLIN?!? OMG!

I love this episode! Definitely one of my favorites for this season; tied with No Second Prances. You can't go wrong with A Christmas Carol (at least for me; one of my favorite stories ever). And yeah the pony version of Snape; that was an awesome tribute. XD. You wanted an Applejack solo song and you got it! XD. Well technically it's the spirit of the past but meh. Great reaction and can't wait for more! XD.

Even as a non brony I give this episode a 10/10. I love a Christmas carol. Btw Luna's song was great.

Decided to rewatch this, I still love it.

One of my all time favorite episodes in all of mlp!!

this was really one of the best episodes.

Great idea to use Starlight as a reference to Snowfall

I love this episode for the reason that it is a basic retelling of Starlight's Villain Arc. As a young filly, both had an idea of positivity, though ruined by a life changing event (Sunburst leaves Starlight after he got his Cutie Mark, as Snowfall was reminded by her teacher of a "better" choice). Both still had a good intent for Equestria despite doing it the wrong way (Starlight with Equality, and Snowfall with Urbanization). Both uses a Spell to try to "fix the problem" despite their spell will lead to a catastrophic result (Starlight's Modified Time Travel spell, and Snowfall's Spell for stopping Hearths Warming). Both faced with their past, present and future, and a way to fixed them. (Starlight and Twilight explore The Past, The Present and many dangerous futures, Snowfall is shown the true meaning of Hearths Warming by The Spirits of the Past, The Present, and the Future). At the end of the day, this is one of the best episodes of the show. The Story, Songs, The Lesson, and the Analogy of it all. 9.6/10

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Is no one else going to mention that Sherlock’s cutie mark is a bumble bee??? Why is that?

OMG 4:50 THE BLUE CHAIR IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER ROCKS