Finishing the story, Twilight encourages Starlight to join them in the celebration; she does, and all of Ponyville celebrates Hearth's Warming together.  1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (or the first of their character in case they voice several) start singing. The opening song of the episode, "Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again", was first previewed at the 2016 New York Toy Fair. According to writer Michael Vogel, in the original version of the script, the character of Jacob Marley from "A Christmas Carol" was planned to appear, and would have been represented by ; this was cut to save time for rest of the plot. Also in the episode's original draft, 's Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come did not have a song due to a lack of space in the episode's running time, but the "directors and creative team all realized she needed one". The animation sequences for the songs "Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again", "Say Goodbye to the Holiday", and "Luna's Future" were storyboarded by Sabrina Alberghetti. The episode received acclaim. Daniel Avarez of "Unleash the Fanboy" highly praised the episode, giving it a perfect rating of 10 out of 10. He praised the "fantastic songs", the episode itself as "A solid Christmas tale", as it "takes the overused Christmas Carol plot but manages to be great anyway." He was also receptive of the use of songs to enhance the story rather than distract, as well as the story arc of Starlight's redemption. "Don't Hate the Geek" called the episode "amazing", describing Luna's appearance as the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come and her song as show stealers. Daniel Ingram was nominated for a 2017 Leo Award for his work on this episode for "Best Musical Score in an Animation Program or Series". All songs in the episode (excluding "Hearth's Warming Eve is Here Once Again (Reprise)") were released as a part of the 2016 physical and digital re-release of the 2015 compilation album "It's a Pony Kind of Christmas". Danie van Schoor  Danie van Schoor (born 30 January 1996) is a Namibian cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 13 February 2014 in the CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition tournament. He made his List A debut in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 15 January 2017.