What are the names of Santa's reindeer?

Santa's Reindeer

The common names given for Santa's reindeer in modern culture are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph. Eight of these names are taken more or less directly from Clement C. Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas," and the ninth from the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the TV special based upon it.

Two of the reindeer names, Donner/Donder and Blitzen, are often the source of confusion, misspelling, and misinformation. The short facts are these: Donner/Donder and Blitzen were named ''Dunder'' and ''Blixem'' (the Dutch words for ''thunder'' and ''lightning'') in the original printing of "A Visit From St. Nicholas." In reprints of the poem, the names became ''Donder'' and ''Blixen,'' then ''Donder'' and ''Blitzen'' (the latter being German for ''lightning''). By the time Johnny Marks wrote "Rudolph," it was ''Donner'' and ''Blitzen'' (possibly because ''Donder'' was musically awkward). See Snopes.com for a thorough discussion.

In modern times, other reindeer have been named in books, movies, and television shows (such as Fireball, Leroy, Pablo, and Olive), but none have become permanent fixtures of the team.

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• Donner is German for thunder, so Donner and Blitzen is effectively the same as Dunder and Blixem

• Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen

• Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or Donder, or Dunder), and Blitzen (or Blixen, or Blixem) are the eight named by Clement C. Moore in "A Visit From St. Nicholas," and are the eight most commonly named. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, was "added to the team" after Johnny Marks wrote the popular song about him.

Various books, TV shows, and movies over the years have named other reindeer (such as Olive, Fireball, and Clarice). None of them have become part of the popular legend since Rudolph, though.

• Santa's Reindeer are Dasher,Dancer,Prancer,Vixen,Comet,Cupid,Donner and Blitzen.

• Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen! Oh...and don't forget Rudolph!

• On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen, on Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen... and do you recall the most famous reindeer of all??? Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer, and good thing for Rudolph all of the reindeers like him

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The ones that drive Santa's sleigh are Dasher,Dancer,Prancer,Vixen,Comet,Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.I bet Rudolph is younger than the others though. There are other reindeer shown in books,tv shows, and movies but they don't drive the sleigh(unless one gets sick!!!)

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