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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 ...
Blitzen may refer to: Blitzen, one of Santa Claus' reindeer, as named in "The Night Before Christmas" Blitzen (computer), an SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) computer system; Blitzen, a superhero from multiple Milestone Media comic books; Blitzen, Oregon, a ghost town; Blitzen, a dwarf in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
The name usually brings to mind two of Santa Claus's reindeer, [9] but the river is named for a thunderstorm the soldiers experienced as they crossed the river; [2] dry lightning is an almost daily occurrence in the region during certain times of the year.
Who doesn’t love Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which has aired annually, except once (in 1999 when a poorly-made decision outraged viewers)? In 1964, the same year the 90-minute sci-fi feature ...
In 2003, the band changed their name to Blitzen Trapper, reportedly a reference to singer Eric Earley's seventh-grade girlfriend, who kept a Trapper Keeper binder and drew pictures of Santa Claus and his reindeer on it, her favorite reindeer being Blitzen. [14] Following the name change, the band finally released their first commercial album ...
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (in the public domain by the time the song was written), stating the names of the eight reindeer: "You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen! But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American Christmas animated adventure musical film about the character of the same name, who first appeared in a 1939 story by Robert L. May. [6] The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment , long known as a home video company. [ 7 ]