Don't leave carrots for Rudolph! / myLot

Leicester, England

December 19, 2018 5:22am CST

Apparently, vast sums of money are spent every year on treats for Father Christmas and his entourage, including the reindeer. Naturally, the glass of sherry is always empty when the children come downstairs on Christmas morning, so it must be proof positive that a visit was made down the chimney. Also absent will be the carrots that were left on the driveway for Rudolph and his fellow reindeer, but it has now been revealed that they won't have been eaten by the intended recipients. This is because reindeer only have teeth in the lower jaw and so are unable to chew anything as hard as a carrot - unlike horses and donkeys which have no problem at all. So if mum makes a post-Christmas carrot cake this year, it might be worth asking her where she got the carrots from. Off the driveway, maybe?

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@allknowing (153529)

• India

19 Dec 18

I saw a Mum in the market buying carrots. When asked she said to bake a carrot cake. Poor Mums getting a bad name

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@owlwings (43897)

• Cambridge, England

19 Dec 18

Not quite true about reindeer teeth. They don't have any incisors in the upper jaw. They have a dental plate or hard, flat area, which allows them to tear the grass and hay and scrape the lichen off rocks. They have molars, just like horses and sheep, which are grinding teeth, rather than cutting teeth, in both jaws. They can eat carrots (which they crunch with their molars) but really prefer apples cut into pieces, if you must give them something like that. Of course, Santa's reindeer have genetic modifications which mean they can fly and do need a certain amount of carrots in order to see in the dark. If the carrots which you left on the lawn or driveway are gone in the morning, it is usually because Santa has gathered them up and taken them home for Mrs Christmas' famous carrot cake and carrot soup. Naturally, the reindeer also get what they need (they love the peelings).

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