1. The Peary Reindeer is commonly considered to be the reindeer used to pull Santa’s Sleigh !  Their ability to run at a very fast speed enables them to perform a suspended leap to mount above the ground for 7 seconds at a time, qualifying them as a reindeer that flies.  They also live very close to the North Pole in both Canada and Norway.

2. Male Peary Reindeer lose their antlers in the Fall.  Females keep their antlers over the winter until Spring.  All Santa’s Reindeer are girls.

3. The story of Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by a Canadian father, Robert (Bob) L. May. After losing his wife, Evelyn to cancer a few short days before Christmas in 1938, Bob struggled to give his daughter, Barbara a Christmas of hope.
 

He couldn’t afford presents so he created a story that was similar to his own growing-up years of hardship as a young boy in Toronto, Ontario.  He had been bullied as a boy and felt like an outcast just like Rudolph.  He gave the story to his daughter at Christmas in 1938.
 

Bob was a copy-writer at the Timothy Eaton Department Store.  They loved his ‘little book’ and printed it to give out to all the children who came to see Santa Claus in all their stores in Canada.
Bob’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, wrote the song version of the story in 1949.
 

Our Canadian Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer continues to share the story of hope to everyone at Christmas.  One families’ struggles have become joyous thoughts for all !