wifi Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Ok, so perhaps this is a really dumb question and I'm just completely useless, but how does the Xmas Pteri relate to Christmas? It just looks like a robin or something to me :mellow: Is it supposed to look like a reindeer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leverhelven Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 According to Neocolours: "The Christmas Pteri, rather than being candy-cane striped or having reindeer prongs attached, is based on the European Robin. They are often seen around Christmas and appear on Christmas cards." So... yeah. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 There's a Christmas story about the robin (a fable about why it has a red chest). I guess that story has fallen out of popularity recently. Wildbreeze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 It's a more British association, so I'm not surprised people are a little confused by it, but robins are considered Christmas birds. They even appear on cards sold in the US, though here they have a more "winter" connotation than a specifically "Christmas" one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolelouise Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Being an Australian, I don't even have the winter connotations in my personal life to connect with, however I have lived long enough to be familiar with this kind of representation because all of the Northern Hemishpere winter and Christmas concepts are somehow strangely embraced by a good chunk of those of us living in countries that are actually going to be HOT at Christmas... anyway, I digress. I think my daughter wouldn't get it, but I'm old enough to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just4dailies Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I relate cardinals to winter/Christmas more than I do robins so the pteri doesn't seem very Christmas like to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogadelic Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I relate cardinals to winter/Christmas more than I do robins so the pteri doesn't seem very Christmas like to me. Yes, I agree. Around here the robins all go south at winter, so it's only the cardinals that we would see at Christmas. Also, cardinals are red and red is a Christmas color. Lol anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfreeoj Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I suppose cardinals are very much a North America thing. They're on decorations and cards and everything all over. Did you ever notice that usually you don't see depictions of more than one male cardinal together? That's because males are very territorial. Also, European robins are in a totally different Family from American robins, which are actually a type of thrush. And the Japanese robin is more closely related to the European robin. Being an Australian, I don't even have the winter connotations in my personal life to connect with, however I have lived long enough to be familiar with this kind of representation because all of the Northern Hemishpere winter and Christmas concepts are somehow strangely embraced by a good chunk of those of us living in countries that are actually going to be HOT at Christmas... anyway, I digress. I think my daughter wouldn't get it, but I'm old enough to know. I always wondered how that even worked for people in the southern hemisphere who celebrate Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloods_Mistress Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I love christmas robins! they look so beautiful against the snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifi Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Ha, for some reason I was totally oblivious to the whole winter robin thing, even though I'm originally from the States! It still seems really out of place among all the other Xmas neopets though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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