Comments on: Rudolph, and Santa’s 27 Other Reindeer

By: Wow Billa

Wow Billa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:43:57 +0000

Bonne Noel 2009. Be happy constantly on earth and grateful to Him who always prompty rescue us at the last moment!

By: arfies

arfies — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:19:00 +0000

In elementary school, we had to sing a song called “Pablo, The Mexican Reindeer:”

“When Santa goes to Mexico
He takes a reindeer named Pablo
Pablo can sing and dance and play
He leads the reindeer all the way…”

By: steph

steph — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:33:00 +0000

When my brother and I were very young, we’d leave cookies for Santa and an apple or carrot for Rudolph. By the time we were 6 and 7, we thought that was unfair to the rest of the reindeer. So we decided to make them a salt-lick, having read that deer liked salt-licks. We didn’t know what a salt-lick looked like, but improvised with an entire canister of Morton’s poured all over the front steps. That’s what our parents got for signing us up for National Geographic youth science books.

By: PJMoore

PJMoore — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:27:00 +0000

Don’t forget Plutebobelle. She had a large bushy tail, and was placed behind the sleigh to sweep the tracks away so that kids wouldn’t try to follow Santa. I think the song was performed by Billy Ed Wheeler, but was written by a friend of my Mother’s Harold Allred.

By: Krim

Krim — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live sketch where Santa gets sick and is replaced by Jon Lovitz’s Hanukkah Harry? He had three reindeer.

“On Moishe, On Herschel, On Shlomo!”

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:55:14 +0000

I used the question “Name all ten of Santa’s reindeer” for an extra credit question with my fifth graders. I was expecting “Olive the other reindeer,” but now I have to give credit for Shadrack, Cletus, Clyde, and Heaven knows how many others! My son-in-law monitors my classroom blog site, and he’s going to give me no end of grief! I’m interested at how many of my students found your site in looking for an answer to my question.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:08:55 +0000

I think it was Comet who got grandma. He seems to have a fiery streak in him.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:32:34 +0000

Molly, what is really horrifying is realizing how long ago that was… and I was the dj playing it on the radio when it first came out.

By: Molly W.

Molly W. — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:38:27 +0000

Perhaps I was too sensitive as a child, but I have clear memories of being HORRIFIED by “Grandma Got Run Over…”. I think I actually cried when I heard it, and told my grandmother about it. I think she cried too, with laughter.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:58:50 +0000

It’s funny, last year and now, I didn’t hear “Grandma got run over…” too much, but they’ve made it that I want to strangle that damn donkey. (haha)