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3. Santa’s Reindeer
Rudolph was actually made by a department store called the Montgomery Ward as a marketing strategy so that kids would buy their holiday colouring books.
Though there were some doubts in their initial design whether or not to let Rudolph have a red nose or not because a red nose is usually associated with drunkards. They definitely went with the red nose and it forever became a thing for Christmas.
The names of Santa’s reindeer were initially introduced from a poem called “A Visit From St. Nicholas” and they were : Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Duner and Blixem.
People believed that Santa’s reindeer are all female because mature male reindeer shed their antlers around Christmas. But seeing how the names changed in the recent years, there’s another possibility that the reindeer are young ones which retains their antlers around Christmas.
Here’s a shocking fact! They can really fly!! *snicker* I’m sorry but that was a lie, they can’t fly but they are known to travel very long distances and can travel over 3,100 miles per year.
They can run at approximately 40 – 50 miles per hour and swim around 4 miles per hour. The most interesting thing about the reindeer is that a baby reindeer can already run after only an hour and a half of being born.