Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!
Shucks, Twilight.
Y'all done it up nice and cosy in here.
We're about to hang our Hearth's Warming dolls,
if you wanna join us?
Well, that's mighty sweet of ya,
but we're just stopping in to wish you all a happy Hearth's Warming before we go.
I think it's sweet that your families are spending the holidays together.
Picture the most funtacular thing you can think of.
Now multiply that times infinity!
It's gonna be great!
That's us.
See ya later!
Now can we open presents?
But tonight is Hearth's Warming Eve!
Everypony knows you don't open presents till tomorrow.
When Spike and I spent our first Hearth's Warming Eve together,
he couldn't wait all night to open his presents.
Ever since then we've always opened them the night before.
It's kinda like our tradition.
That's not how our family does it.
And I reckon it can't be how Pinkie's does it.
Is it?
No siree!
To each their own, I suppose.
Gotta go! Bye!
Just what I always wanted.
A book.
Chancellor Puddinghead puddings!
How about a Windigo-frosted snowcone!
It's so exciting!
Related or not, it's gonna be a hoot having our families together under one roof.
Apples and Pies together again for the first time! Maybe.
Unless we're related! But maybe we're not.
I think I've just confused myself.
Friends or family, this here is about togetherness.
Have you tried the Equestria flag crepes?
The blue is blueberry!
And don't tell Granny I saw, but her trunk is full of presents!
Now hang on, sugarcube.
You know Hearth's Warming isn't just about candy and presents, right?
Uh-oh,
That's your boring sisterly lecture voice.
'Fraid so!
A long time ago,
the earth ponies,
pegasus ponies,
and unicorn ponies
weren't friends.
I dont' like you!
I don't like you either!
But then the Icy chill of the windigoes
almost iced up everything.
Till the ponies decided to work together.
And their friendship drove them nasty critters away.
Beat it, windigoes.
Triumphant, they raised the new flag to celebrate all three tribes.
And Equestria was born.
Uh, what happened to the flag?
I don't know.
Is that why we celebrate with the flag raising tomorrow?
Uh-huh.
And tonight we'll have the traditional Hearth's Warming Eve dinner
to remember the shared bounties of our ancestors.
We do that too!
Then we'll hang our Hearth's Warming dolls over the fireplace
to remind us of the warmth shared on that fateful night.
That's what our family does too!
And tomorrow we open presents!
We do that too!
It sounds like the Apples and the Pies do everything the same way.
Of course!
We might be related.
Hey, I was gonna say that.
Stop saying what I'm saying.
You stop it first!
I'm so happy, I need to make up a new word for how happy I am.
What about…
Rooftastic!
Rooftastic?
As in, I gotta get on the roof and yell to everypony
how rooftastic this is!
What if our families don't like each other?
We are friends, Applejack,
and after tonight our families are gonna be friends too.
Do you know what that means?
Number of Apples times number of Pies is twenty four, minus my pre-existing friendships,
plus one for Maud and you, makes five from twenty four is…
Nineteen new friendships!
Maud!
I'm so excited to see you, Pinkie Pie.
You too, Applejack.
I hope you had fun sliding yesterday.
How do you know that?
Isn't it obvious?
There are specks of extrusive andesite on your hoof.
It's a mountain rock.
Aw, she is good.
How's school going?
If you thought quartz was high on the Moh's hardness scale,
wait till I tell you about corundum.
I missed you so much!
This place looks amazing!
Come on, everypony, meet my super-mega-fun-derful family!
Everypony meet everypony!
Surely thy name is not but Granny Smith.
I am called Igneous Rock Pie,
son of Feldspar Granite Pie.
Thou shalt know me as Cloudy Quartz.
May providence favor thee well
and to thou comfort our humble homestead bring.
Y'all gabbin' with words real funny-like.
Wh-wh-what'd you say them names were?
Iggie?
And I'mma just gonna call you Big Mama Q.
Gaze into the eyes of Limestone Pie.
Ma and Pa may own this farm, but I keep it running.
Cross me, and…
Aye aye, Captain Grumpy.
No one's gonna mess with your precious mine!
Or Holder's Boulder.
Everypony, stay away from Holder's Boulder.
There, you happy now?
And you must be…
This is Marble Pie, my baby sister who is only a few minutes younger than me,
but she'll always be a baby to me, isn't that right?
She's so excited to meet everypony.
Oh, and she wishes you all a happy Hearth's Warming.
Guess Pinkie Pie always did the talking for her.
Attention!
What I say about the Boulder?
It'll just be a second!
Everypony, get settled in,
there's plenty of room upstairs,
and then it's time for Hearth's Warming Eve dinner!
So far so good, cousin.
Oh, I can't wait to taste their fresh sweet rolls,
they're my favorite part of Hearth's Warming Eve dinner.
I'm more of a six-layer bean dip filly myself!.
I love that too!
Oh, Applejack, do you think theirs will be even better than ours?
That's a mighty tall order, but
it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
Are you excited for dinner time?
Because guess who is, spoiler alert,
it's me!
What about hot rolls,
and mulled cider,
and double baked pot pie?
What about six layer bean dip?
We have rock soup.
Potato potato.
Double baked pop pie, rock soup…
Dinner is dinner,
am I right or am I right?
Yeah, um, you know what?
This is what we were expecting,
right, everypony?
Is everything alright, Applejack?
Of course,
I'm just being a rusty fiddle.
Tune me up and let's get back to dinner.
More rock, please!
Eat up, so we can get to our Hearth's Warming dolls.
Now that's something I know all about.
Who wants a Hearth's Warming doll?
Are you saying that rock
is a Hearth's Warming doll?
Don't be silly, silly.
Our dolls are these little pieces,
isn't that right, Marble Pie?
Our dolls are… Rocks?
Y'all don't have traditional crochet dolls passed down in your family?
You're just a frown factory because you got a weird rock.
Cheer up!
I'm sure you'll do great in a flag finding mission.
What finding what now?
Limestone Pie, you're the judge.
Big Mac.
Marble Pie.
You're the team one.
Applebloom and Maud. You're team two.
Ma, pa, you gonna be with Granny Smith.
Don't think of it as team old.
Think of it as team three.
And I with Applejack of course, since we might be cousins.
So, now that we're all split up,
mind telling us what we're doing?
As everypony knows…
Stay off Holder's Boulder!
When the three tribes united to form Equestria,
the first flag was sewn by Nimble Thimble.
It's tradition to raise the flag on Hearth's Warming to celebrate that famous day.
Eyup… Yes… Uh-huh…
But who gets to put the flag on Holder's Boulder?
You mean on the flag pole?
No, silly. It goes on the highest point.
And who is the lucky pony?
Traditionally… It's the youngest…
On your mark! Get set!
Go!
Pinkie Pie, would you please tell us what's going on?
I'll explain on the way!
I still don't understand.
Earlier today Limestone Pie hid an obsidian stone.
Whoever finds it gets to raise the flag.
It's all just so… complicated.
And… rock-based.
Well, how else would we do it?
I don't know.
I sure hope everypony out is having a better time.
Mhm.
E-eyup.
Mhm.
E-e-e-eyup.
So, how'd you meet this Iggy feller?
We were chosen by the Pairing Stone and betrothed within a fortnight.
The Choosing Stone decreed:
"Thou shalt love one another".
And lo, it was so.
I got to look into this old-fangled Choosing Stone thing.
Do you reckon it knows any apple farming hunks?
Indeed so.
What does the rock look like?
It looks like something that formed when volcanic lava cooled quickly.
Have you ever wished you could turn into a rock?
I had a dream once I was an apple.
We have a lot in common when it comes to thinking about turning into things.
Found it, found it, found it!
A picture? I've been looking for a real stone, Pinkie Pie.
That would be weird.
Do you know what this means? I get to raise the flag.
And now it's time to hide the presents!
Y'all hide your presents?
Of course! What's more fun than getting a present?
Finding a present!
Although, most years nopony finds one.
So, nopony gets presents?
Not usually.
So, let me get all this straight.
You're only allowed to eat rock soup for dinner,
then, the pony who finds this rock gets to raise the flag,
but not really, 'cause you don't got no flagpole.
And to top it off, you don't even get presents?
Well… Doesn't sound very fun when you say it that way.
Well how about you picture this:
both our families opening presents, raising the flag!
Picturing it… Loving it!
Good night, everypony!
Good night, Pinkie Pie!
We gotta do something, y'all.
Pinkie Pie's family never had a real Hearth's Warming.
Is that really what she said?
Well, I'm sure it's what she meant.
These are their traditions.
Yup.
I know they have their traditions,
and we have ours,
but I just want them to see how much better theirs could be.
Hearth's Warming!
Hearth's Warming! Hearth's Warming!
Hearth's Warming! Hearth's Wa…
Oh my, oh my…
What happend to my farm?
It's Hearth's Warming Apple style!
We've been doing everything your way,
I thought we could mix it up a bit.
Marble Pie, you could raise the Equestria flag up this pole,
because you're the youngest Pie.
Ma and pa Pie,
we'll cook you up a meal you'll never forget.
And look,
we all get presents,
without having to find them!
Yeah…
This is gonna be great,
all that stuff she said…
Right, everypony?
Pinkamena Diane Pie,
Truly thou can not favor this madness.
Well, I wanna be one big family.
But what about what we usually do?
I, um, well,
I don't know.
Don't make me choose!
I didn't mean to cause a fuss.
Why don't we just open presents around the flag pole?
It'll be fun,
you'll see.
Excuse me.
You planted your pole on a fault line.
No-o-o!!!
Oh, boy…
You didn't have to ask them to leave.
They wanted to go.
We don't need anypony forcing their way into our family!
This was all a misunderstanding, everypony.
I know Applejack,
and she'd never do anything bad to anypony!
Look around, Pinkie Pie.
It's gonna take me ages
to get this rock farm back on track.
And how are we gonna lift Holder's Boulder?
This is all her fault!
Then it's my fault too…
Probably best if we head back to Sweet Apple Acres.
And maybe in time we'll be friends again.
But for the now it's best if we'll give them a little space.
I wish we didn't have to.
I really like Maud.
She's sweet, once you get to know her.
They all are.
Worst Hearth's Warming ever.
Has anypony seen Applejack?
I really cracked the corn this time.
I really popped the piñata this time.
Pinkie Pie?
What are you doing here?
I came here to think!
You did?
So did I!
I'm too ashamed to go back up there.
Your family…
My family…
I almost think I'm such a nincompoop.
No one thinks that.
Pushy, aggressive, mean…
I'm not helping.
Sorry.
I'm sorry I forced my traditions over yours.
I don't want you to have to choose between the family you were born into,
and the friends who love you like one.
I've really hoped we could be one big happy family.
I guess not…
Don't say that!
I wish I could stay, but…
I have a train to catch.
Happy Hearth's Warming.
You too.
Do you want to know why Holder's Boulder is so danged important?
Well now, their great-great-great-great-great-great-grand-father
Holder Cobblestone.
He found that boulder in a dragon's nest.
Older than time itself!
He built the family farm around it.
Even though it's just an ordinary rock.
It's always brought them good luck.
Oh, crickets…
That is important!
I've got so caught up in the things they were doing,
I've never asked why they did it!
To Applejack.
From Pinkie Pie.
Cousins forever.
You've just found your first Pie Hearth's Warming present ever!
Only Pinkie Pie could hide a present on a moving train.
What a great tradition.
Stop the train!
Come on…
You boulder…
Come on!
I'm pushing as hard as I can, too.
It's hopeless!
Need a little help?
Apples!
What do you want?
I wasn't trying to take your traditions away.
I was trying to share ours.
I was so focused on us being one big happy family
I thought we needed the same traditions right away.
What I should've done,
is learn about yours,
and teach you about ours.
And over time
we'd make new traditions together.
I'm sorry y'all.
Well…
Don't just stand there.
We got a boulder to move!
And I'm in charge!
I think we just invented our first combined tradition!
Pushing Holder's Bolder out of the quarry.
I can't wait for Applejack to knock it over next Hearth's Warming!
Marble Pie,
you wanna wish Big Mac a happy Hearth's Warming, don't you?
And you too, right, Big Mac?
Yep.
Now, let me see here.
If thou asketh me
Thou two art
okayeth in my book.
Yeehaw.
Happy Hearth's Warming!
Happy Hearth's Warming, Pinkie Pie!
Attention everypony!
Maud wants to sing some heartswarming carols that she wrote!
The first one is about rocks.
They're all about rocks.
Hearth's Warming is great.
Like calcium silicate.
What a wonderful day.
As good as mica, or clay.
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