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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 ...
Donner (surname) Donner family, a renowned and wealthy Finland-Swedish family; Donner the Reindeer or Donder, one of Santa Claus's reindeer; Donner woodrush or Luzula subcongesta; Donner, a character in Artist Descending a Staircase; Donner, a superheroine in Milestone Media comic books; Donner, the German name for Thor, a god in Norse mythology
While characters resembling Santa Claus have circulated throughout the world for centuries, the notion of a sleigh pulled by reindeer wouldn’t become prominent until the 19th century.
Santa Claus is based on the Dutch Sint Nicolaas and the saying: "donder en bliksem" in Dutch. Donner und blitzen is not so common in German. The original names of the reindeer were donder and bliksem which over time became donner and blitzen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.185.206.114 17:03, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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":
Almost everyone in the world knows about reindeer and Yuletide. These fascinating animals have been made popular through their association with Santa Claus, a mythical creature who uses them to ...
The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada .
Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...