Santa's Reindeer
By golotomer
@golotomer (68)
United States
3 responses
@cuddlebug79705 (2003)
• United States
5 Dec 06
YEs, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph.
@lena2000 (2392)
• Belgium
6 Dec 06
There are eight reindeer (not counting Rudolph). Assigning gender is a little difficult and may not result in being quite politically correct. That being the case, it might be better to let everyone decide for themselves.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (a.k.a. Donder or Dunder) and Blitzen (a.k.a. Bliksem or Blixem) .
@lena2000 (2392)
• Belgium
5 Dec 06
The common names given for Santa's reindeer in modern culture are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph. Eight of these names are taken more or less directly from Clement C. Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas," and the ninth from the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the TV special based upon it.
Two of the reindeer names, Donner/Donder and Blitzen, are often the source of confusion, misspelling, and misinformation. The short facts are these: Donner/Donder and Blitzen were named ''Dunder'' and ''Blixem'' (the Dutch words for ''thunder'' and ''lightning'') in the original printing of "A Visit From St. Nicholas." In reprints of the poem, the names became ''Donder'' and ''Blixen,'' then ''Donder'' and ''Blitzen'' (the latter being German for ''lightning''). By the time Johnny Marks wrote "Rudolph," it was ''Donner'' and ''Blitzen'' (possibly because ''Donder'' was musically awkward). discussion.
In modern times, other reindeer have been named in books, movies, and television shows (such as Fireball, Leroy, Pablo, and Olive), but none have become permanent fixtures of the team.
