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Santa Claus has many nicknames, one of them being St. Nick; which is the name of an early Christian bishop known for his generosity. In fact, said bishop is the basis for Santa Claus.

 

Until 1823 there was no mention of Santa having any reindeer. In that year the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" was published. This poem is what gave us the image of a jolly, fat man wearing a red suit and smoking a pipe. This poem was also the first to not only mention Santa having reindeer, but to also give them names.

 

Coca-Cola is responsible for the current artistic depiction of Santa Claus.

 

Rudolph was added as a member of Santa's team in 1939, as shown in RacheLucario's post above. Since then Rudolph has been widely accepted as a permanent member of the sleigh team.

 

tl;dr Santa told me he has 9 reindeer, you're looking for 9 reindeer. Don't question the jolly old elf.

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Santa Claus has many nicknames, one of them being St. Nick; which is the name of an early Christian bishop known for his generosity. In fact, said bishop is the basis for Santa Claus.

 

Until 1823 there was no mention of Santa having any reindeer. In that year the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" was published. This poem is what gave us the image of a jolly, fat man wearing a red suit and smoking a pipe. This poem was also the first to not only mention Santa having reindeer, but to also give them names.

 

Coca-Cola is responsible for the current artistic depiction of Santa Claus.

 

Rudolph was added as a member of Santa's team in 1939, as shown in RacheLucario's post above. Since then Rudolph has been widely accepted as a permanent member of the sleigh team.

 

tl;dr Santa told me he has 9 reindeer, you're looking for 9 reindeer. Don't question the jolly old elf.

Did you also know that Rudolph was invented by a store owner to boost sales during the Christmas season? First artistic depiction aside :)

 

By the way, this is a very interesting and fun looking event. More things like this should happen :D

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