According to Christmas tradition, the sleigh of Santa’s Claus is pulled by a team of nine reindeer. These reindeer are magical and they are able to fly.
The Names of Santa’s Reindeer
- Dasher
- Dancer
- Prancer
- Vixen
- Comet
- Cupid
- Donder
- Blitzen
- Rudolph (the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
The reindeer (except Rudolph) are mentioned in the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823.
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, was written about by Robert L. May in 1939.
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