The delivery of gifts on Christmas Eve takes place not only thanks to our beloved Santa Claus, to whom the Elves refer the wishes of the little ones, also known as Santa Claus, but also thanks to his loyal group of reindeer. Santa's reindeer are flying reindeer, each with its own characteristic. In the beginning there were only eight reindeer, and they remained so for many years, until the arrival of the ninth reindeer which expanded the group. The names of the reindeer are the frames of many poems and stories for children, let's see the names of these splendid reindeer together.
The names of the eight original reindeer:
Comet, Dancer, Dasher, Lightning, Prancer, Vixen, Arrow, Donder, Blitzen, Donato, Cupid, Cupid
Vixen - Arrow The first reindeer found by Santa Claus is called Vixen; It has a gold cloak and two tails, every change of season when the cloak is changed Santa Claus takes all the fallen golden hairs and delivers them to the poorest. Dancer - Ballerina Then there is Dancer called dancer; As the name says, Dancer is the dancer of the group, her characteristic is that she knows how to dance every rhythm and when a child is sad because he can't dance she whispers dance steps in his ear that he can learn. Comet - Comet When we see a shooting star it is actually Comet; The fastest reindeer she catches every wish and reports it to Santa Claus, Comet doesn't need to sleep as she always runs at any time of day or night. Cupid - Cupid The most cuddly reindeer, that is, Cupid, cannot be missing; One of Cupid's most beautiful features is a heart-shaped red spot on his chest and his job is to find among the many letters that of the child who has been good all year and takes it to Santa Claus. Donder - Saltarello And here is the lead singer of the group, Donder Its characteristic is that not only of knowing how to sing but also of being able to interpret male and female voices depending on the case, and moreover, it is able to imitate the voices of the parents of every child in the world using them when the little ones do some mischief to scold them making them believe that their parents do it. Dasher - Lightning The protector of the gifts instead is Dasher; When she was born she had two big teeth so big that her mother for fear of getting hurt by winging her decided to give her only carrots, growing up her teeth became bigger so she used them as a weapon, every time an ugly bird tries to steal the children's gifts she bites him and in doing so the bad bird escapes. Vixen - Arrow When Santa Claus found his first reindeer Vixen with her there was also the twin Blitzen; She too with the golden cloak has only one tail and its characteristic is that it is always so chilled that the drops that descend from its nose when it rests on the ground give birth to many little flowers. Prancer - Weasel The last reindeer Santa collected was Prancer Prancer is a very shy reindeer so shy that his face always turns red when he feels too watched. Rudolph, Santa's ninth reindeer
Legend has it that the ninth reindeer joined Santa's group, his name is Rudolph; a small reindeer from the North Pole his peculiarity was his big red nose, but for him this was only a reason for teasing so he always preferred to stay away. One night on Christmas Eve Santa Claus was worried because he couldn't deliver the gifts to all the children in the world, because, just that night, there was too thick a fog; so in the total sadness of all the reindeer he saw Rudolph's big nose light up so much that Santa Claus came up with a wonderful idea, that is, to lead the group and light up the road with his beautiful red nose and this is his characteristic more important. Since then Rudolph has been the first of the crew and drives the sled even on the foggyest nights.
Santa's reindeer rhyme Not only do the sled fly and in the sky they gallop without falling Each reindeer has its own special task to know where to bring the gifts “Comet” asks each star Where is this house or where is that. “Thunderbolt” looks here and there To know if the snow will come. “Weasel” follows the wake of the wind Dodging the clouds that block the way. "Arrow" controls the scrupulous time Every second that escapes is precious. "Ballerina" keeps pace To ensure that any delay is made up for. ′′ Saltarello ′′ must be pawing To give the signal to leave. “Donato” is then the postman reindeer Bring the letters of each child. "Cupid", the one with the heart of gold Guard each gift like a treasure. When you see reindeer flying Santa is coming!
