Thursday 21 November 2013

03 Holidays Rudolph the red nose reindeer Rudolph

The character Rudolph appeared in the claymation Yule film Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer back in 1964.
In the film Rudolph and his friends knockout the poor yeti named Bumble and forcibly remove all his teeth without anesthetic. This somehow tames the Bumble


The character of Rudolph was first published in 1939, but deer have been associated with Yule for far longer.
Yule is a religious festival observed by many historical pagan peoples, later being absorbed into the christian religion to aid conversion as Christmas. In most forms of Wicca, and many of the old religions Yule is celebrated at the winter solstice (Northern hemisphere: December 21 to 22, Southern hemisphere: June 20 to 21)  as the rebirth of the Great antlered god, who is often viewed as the newborn solstice sun.
The christians didn't really change much keeping a lot of pagan symbolism; The Antlered god (Reindeer), Pentagram (5 pointed star), Tree decorating, Gift giving, Santa Claus, Mistletoe, etc, etc from the original holy day of Yule.  





 











Rudolph looks cute.


 His body shape is interesting for a Pop figure.











His tail is adorable. 
It seems Funko are using this general form for a lot of animal pops. 





He has only just started to grow his antlers.





His nose is cool, but mine is poorly painted.


Not the kind of Santas that you would want to work for.



Here he is representing christmas with some other holiday pops, Jason and Michael. 



Some xmes flavored pop figures. Bumble, Rudolph, Gremlin and Gizmo



Sick of pulling a heavy sleigh, Rudolph decides on a different mode of transportation, the Batmobile!



No matter what holidays or holydays you celebrate  lets all be good to one another, promote equality and appreciate each others differences.

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