How many are there and what are the names of Santa Claus's reindeer?

Answer 1

Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen are the most commonly cited names of Santa's nine reindeer. In the poem "The Night Before Christmas" (attributed to Clement C. Moore), from which the names of the reindeer come, the reindeer known today as Donner and Blitzen were originally Dunder and Blixem (the Dutch words "Donder" and "Bliksem" stand for "thunder" and "lightning", as rendered in English orthography). Dunder was later reprinted as Donder, which developed into Donner (the German for "thunder"); while Blixem quickly became Blixen and then Blitzen (German for "lightning").[1]. All of these reindeer names are recited in the first verse of the popular song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which in turn has helped make Rudolph by far the best known and most popular with children.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was born for the American department store chain Montgomery Ward in 1939, and has since entered the public consciousness as Santa's ninth and lead reindeer.

All of the above reindeer have been proven to exist throughout multiple theatrical appearances, although in the film The Polar Express only eight of the reindeer can be seen pulling Santa's sleigh.

* 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. He is the "thunder" reindeer. (Donder’s name is often misspoken as Donner, infact it is spoken wrong so often that most people believe it to be the latter.
* Blitzen - The eighth reindeer and on the left-hand side in the fourth row. She is the "lightning" reindeer, but in American pop culture Blitzen is frequently portrayed as a male (for instance, in the animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Blitzen is the coach of the reindeer games).

Answer 2

8 The reindeers are:
Dancer and Prancer
Comet and Cupid
Donner and Blitzen
Dasher and Vixen

if you're younger than 8 don't read anymore.





Rudolph

The original Rudolph story, according to Ace Collins' book Stories Behind The Best-Loved Christmas Songs was told by Robert "Bob" May to his four-year-old daughter, Barbara. He told the story to her to comfort her as her mother Evelyn had died of cancer, and wrote the story as a homemade book for her as a Christmas present for 1938, as he was so poor and debt-ridden from trying to pay the mortgage and Evelyn's medical bills. At a Montgomery-Ward New Year's party later on (where May worked as an accountant), he read the story aloud at the request of one of his fellow co-workers. It was so popular and full of potential that the CEO purchased rights to the story to sell copies at Montgomery-Ward department stores in 1939 and given to children who saw a department store Santa. Later on, Montgomery-Ward sold the Rudolph rights back to May. By now May, with all the deals on his book, including many lucrative toy deals, had gone from poverty to riches.

According to the popular version of the story (parts of the original story written by May are different), Rudolph is the son of Donner, one of Santa's eight original reindeer (who were first mentioned in the famous poem A Visit from St. Nicholas). Rudolph was born with a glowing red nose, which made him a social outcast among the other reindeer. However, one Christmas eve it was too foggy for Santa Claus to make his flight around the world. About to cancel, Santa suddenly noticed Rudolph's nose, and decided it could be a makeshift lamp to guide his sleigh. Since then Rudolph has been a permanent member of Santa's team, and is welcomed by the other reindeer, making Santa's reindeer team a total of nine.

Answer 3

Rudolph,
Dasher,
Dancer,
Prancer,
Vixen,
Donder,
Blitzen,
Cupid and
Comet

Answer 4

9 Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donder, Blitzen, Cupid and Comet.

Answer 5

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer ,Vixen,Comet,Cuped, Donner, Blitzen&Rudolf. 9

Answer 6

DASHER
DANCER
PRANCER
VIXEN
COMET
CUPID
DONNER
BLITZEN


Apparently, Rudolph wasn't one of the original reindeer, he just turned up in the song...

Answer 7

Donner, blitzen,comet,Rudolf,cupid, dasher, prancer, vixen,

Answer 8

Theyre all called Rudolph.

Answer 9

Rudolf and Adolf

Answer 10

You all are forgeting Randy the Brown nosed raindeer