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While others have anthropomorphized the reindeer to give them more distinct personalities, the names seem to be chosen as much for how they fit within the rhythm of the poem than as a means to ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Legendary sleigh-pulling flying reindeer A parade float with a model of Santa's reindeer and sleigh in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, 2009 In traditional Western festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus ...
The Red Nosed Reindeer: Family: Donner and Mrs. Donner (parents in 1964 TV special) Blitzen (father in 1998 film) Mitzi (mother in 1998 film) Rusty (brother in Holidaze) Arrow (cousin in 1998 film) Comet, Cupid and Dasher (uncles in 1998 film) Leroy, the Redneck Reindeer (cousin from the Joe Diffie song of the same name, on the album Mr. Christmas)
Donner: A support member of the sleigh team who is Robbie's best female friend, love interest and eventual wife. The name is a play on the British pronunciation of the feminine name 'Donna'. Reindeer, unlike other members of the deer family, have antlers in both sexes, so that both Donner and Vixen can be accurately portrayed as female.
The shiny "red nose" that we now know so well was invented for the 1939 story Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, written by Robert L May. His popularity would only continue to soar when the hit song ...
Question: In A Visit, where on the house does Santa Claus tell his reindeer to go? Answer: "To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!" Question: What does Mamma wear in A Visit ?
Seabury Quinn's 1948 novel Roads draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa and the origins of Christmas. Other modern additions to the "story" of Santa include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 9th and lead reindeer created in 1939 by Robert L. May, a Montgomery Ward copywriter, and immortalized in a 1949 song by Gene Autry.
Rudolph boasts "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Run Rudolph Run," but other reindeer have songs too! Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has a song called "Donner and Blitzen":