5Santa’s Reindeer Crew

While Santa has a team of reindeer to pull his sleigh, their names weren’t always fixed.

The renowned names—Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen—were popularized by the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (commonly known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”). And of course, let’s not forget the most famous of them all, Rudolph, who joined the team later, thanks to a song written in 1939.

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