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Santa Claus's reindeer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Claus's reindeer are a team of flying reindeer traditionally held to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus and help him deliver Christmas gifts. The commonly cited names of the reindeer are based on t...
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Claim: Two of Santa's reindeer were originally named 'Dunder' and 'Blixem,' not 'Donner' and 'Blitzen.' ; Status: True.; Origins: Can you recite the names of Santa's eight reindeer? If so, you probably do it by recalling the first few lines of the 1949 song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer":
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"RUDOLPH the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was a 1939 book by Robert May, written to be given away as a promotion by Montgomery Ward & Co., a department store. ... The other reindeer names are from Clement Moore's 1821 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", better known (from its opening words) as"T'was the night before Christmas".
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The reindeer names can be quite confusing. Yet, rhyming their names can be so amusing. So here's a short poem to help you remember. The best time to repeat this is in mid December. There are eight names to repeat, and we'll start with the first. Eager for Santa and the reindeer to go! Finally, Blitzen with mittens of...
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