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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is an iconic figure of Christmas.  He was invented almost 80 years ago by Robert May.  He worked for Montgomery Wards, a department store and catalog company.  Rudolph was the title character in a book that was sold or given away at Christmastime by Montgomery Ward stores or catalog stores.  Johnny Marks wrote a great song about the story.  The 1964 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reideer stop motion animated story is really well done too.  The Montgomery Ward Company gave Robert May the rights to his story.   That was very generous of them.  

A couple of things to share about reindeer.  They, reindeer, are domesticated caribou.  Caribou make the longest migration journey of any mammal on Earth.  Even though the females or does are depicted in the TV show as not having antlers, caribou or reindeer are the only species of deer where both sexes have a set of antlers.   

Its funny, but if Ruloph, and the other male reideer were pulling a sleigh in Decemper, they would not have anters.  Male reindeer lose or shed their anlers in November or so.  Female reindeer DO keep their anlers in December.  So if you see Santa and his reindeer, and the reindeer have anlters, then the reindeer are all female.  Of course Santa has powerful magic that allows him to travel at 99% of the speed of light.  So if he has that much magical power, I suppose he could use that magic to have his male reindeer keep their anlers until after Christmas.   

By the way, Vixen is clearly a female reindeer,  (since Vixen means female fox).Dancer and Prancer are female too.   I am adding to this post a drawing I did a while back of Vixen, the Female Reindeer.  The above drawing of Rudolph is done in my style but it was influenced by the wonderful stop motion dolls used in the TV show.   The elf is my own version of an elf.   You can see Santa's castle in the background.   

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