Question: So, what is the story behind Santa’s Reindeer?

Answer:

There are Santa’s reindeer and then there are Santa’s reindeer. What are they like? Are they mischievous? Are they funny?

Clement C. Moore used secretive means to reveal the names of eight reindeer in his poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

But once the world found out, people began to make songs about them and Santa started using their names every time he took off in the sled. But, what do people really know about the reindeer?

They have funny names and there is a lot of talk about the eight famous reindeer (there’s even a ninth and a tenth — the other reindeer!) during the holiday season. But, during their time off, what do they do?

Read on about the famous Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and . . . . Olive!