Ok, it's been a while since I've done one of these, but we have a little debate going:
Excluding Rudolph, what is the order of Santa's reindeer???
Although you are more than welcome to cite "The Night Before Christmas" in your answer, you have got to provide more evidence...such as scholar's comments on the poem, or something completely different. Haha...I've been in college too long!!!! Seriously though, I need more evidence than just the poem.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%27s_reindeer
* Dasher - The first reindeer and the right-hand leader of the sleigh before Rudolph was included. He is the speediest reindeer.
* Dancer - The second reindeer and the left leader before Rudolph was included. She is the graceful reindeer.
* Prancer - The third reindeer and on the right in the second row. He is the most powerful reindeer.
* Vixen - The fourth reindeer and on the left-hand side in the second row. She is beautiful, and also powerful like her companion Prancer.
* Comet - The fifth reindeer and on the right-hand side in the third row. He brings wonder and happiness to children when Santa flies over everyone's houses.
* Cupid - The sixth reindeer and on the left-hand side in the third row. She brings love and joy to children when Santa flies over everyone's houses.
* Donder - The seventh reindeer and on the right-hand side in the fourth row. His original name was Dunder, a variant of donder, meaning "thunder" in Dutch.
* Blitzen - The eighth reindeer and on the left-hand side in the fourth row. Though female, she is frequently portrayed as a male in American pop culture. Her original name is Blixem. She is known as the lightning reindeer because the word 'Blitz' is German for lightning, as is 'Bliksem', her original name, in Dutch.
Dasher, Dancer, PRancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Doner and Blitzen!
Rousseau theorized that the order was Cupid, Comet, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Dasher, Blitzen, and lastly Donder, though the famed Edgar Allan Poe believed that order signified some sort of fire raining down from the sky...
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