Rudolph the Red=Nosed Reindeer is famous as Santa Clause's reindeer. There are other reindeers in Christmas pictures. Do you know how many of them there are and their names?

The origin of the story of Santa Clause on Christmas is the poem 『Twas the Night Before Christmas / The Night Before Christmas』 which another name is 『A Visit from St. Nicholas』 made by Clement Clark Moor in 1823. In the story, there are 8 reindeers such as below;

Picture: Santa Clause's Reindeers（Source：pxfuel）


These 8 reindeers are originally the Santa Clause's reindeers. Over 100 years after this in 1939, the story written by Robert L. May 『Rudolph the Red=Nosed Reindeer』 became the best seller which was written for his daughter. And in 1948, the Christmas song made based on this story 『Rudolph the Red=Nosed Reindeer』 has become one of the most famous songs in the world.

Rudolph had a complex of his red nose. However, one day, Santa offered him to run the sleigh because his nose can shine in a heavy fog to find chimneys. His shining red nose can light the sky at night being able to escort the sleigh, made him become confident. This is the reason he runs in front of the herd as the special one.

There are 9 reindeers as Santa Clause's reindeers with each name and characteristics working together as one, running all over the world on Christmas night. We wish all of you a very happy Christmas.




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