Reindeer Barn

Hi Kids, My name is Dasher. I was born many years ago in the North Pole on April Fools Day. Oh what a crazy birthday. Everybody plays tricks on me.

I have three brothers and two sisters. My brothers think I'm the best sister in the world. My sisters are my best friends. My parents named me Dasher because when I was born, I could run really fast. Oh, and just in case you wanted to know, my parents are the coolest parents in the whole wide world.

Now I did not know I could fly. I knew I could run really fast but flying, no way. But it happened one day. I couldn't tell you how it happened – it just happened. I was running after a ball on the playground and I guess I ran so fast that I just started to fly. It's kind of like when you are walking so fast, you end up running. I ended up flying. And guess what – it just so happened that Santa Claus was walking by when this happened. He came right over to me and asked me to be one of his reindeers.

I know I'm famous but do you really want to know a secret? I don't care about being famous. I just care about making people happy. Christmas is very special and I feel so special being able to help Santa deliver toys to so many nice boys and girls.

Now, I want you to do something for me. I want you to do something nice for someone. Maybe help your Mom or Dad around the house or clean your room. How about helping a neighbor or friend? Oh, maybe you could work extra hard at school and get really good grades. There are so many ways to feel special and make others happy. I hope you try.

Hi, my name is Dancer.

I am one of Santa’s famous reindeer. My parents named me Dancer because when I was born my hooves were black and shiny and they looked like little tap shoes.

Well I lived up to my name. I love to dance. I dance so much that my hooves are starting to wear out!

I dance all the time, even when I’m flying. That’s when I am the happiest; my feet are free to move around.

I hope you enjoyed this story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

Hi, my name is Prancer.

I am one of Santa’s famous reindeer. Santa has hundreds of reindeer, but so far only 9 of us are famous. We seem to get all the attention. Movie directors and photographers are always trying to meet us. We are in the movies a lot. But I don’t know why they make so much attention about us.

One thing I really like to do is go on the Christmas Eve trip with Santa. So many children leave us carrots and apples on their roofs. Apples are my favorite and I know Dancer loves carrots. Silly old Rudolph loves cookies, although they are not that good for him.

I hope you enjoyed my story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

Hi, My story is coming soon, I am in the middle of writing my bio. It will be worth coming back to read it.

Hi, my name is Comet.

I am one of Santa’s famous reindeer. Can you guess how I got my name? Well, when I was born, a beautiful comet came streaking across the sky. So naturally my parents couldn’t name me anything else.

Thank goodness they didn’t see a falling star, or they would have named me “Falling” or “Star”. That would have been pretty weird.

I have a very important job up here at the North Pole. It’s to make sure all the reindeer always practice their flying. This part of my job is not very hard because the reindeer love to fly. The hard part is to stop them from flying all the time and make sure they get plenty of rest.

Well, that is my story and I hope you enjoyed it. I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

Hi, my name is Cupid.

I am one of Santa’s famous reindeer. My parents named me Cupid because I was born on Valentine’s Day. Thank goodness I wasn’t born on Groundhog Day. They probably would have named me Ground hog!

My job here at the North Pole is to be a matchmaker and make sure everyone has a friend. It’s such an easy job because everyone loves one another up here.

I also write a column in the North Pole Newspaper. It’s called Cupid’s Friends.

I hope you enjoyed my story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

Hi, my name is Donner, I am one of Santa’s famous reindeer. I am a genuine movie star. My friends and I are in lots of movies. Our pictures are in all the stores, and in magazines and newspapers. We receive millions of letters from children all year long.

But for some strange reason, I still sleep in a cold barn and have chores to do everyday. I think that with my movie-star status, I should be living the life of a rock star; but up here at the North Pole, Santa won’t have any of that.

Maybe when I retire, Santa will let me move to Florida where it is nice and warm.

I hope you enjoyed my story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

P.S.: I love apples if anyone would like to leave a few outside for me.

Hi, my name is Blitzen,

I am one of Santa’s reindeer. I was chosen by Santa many years ago to pull his sleigh. Back then, we only needed six reindeer to do the job, but with so many children being born (we refer to them as baby boomers), the sleigh was getting heavier and heavier with so many more toys. And now we have nine reindeer including our friend Rudolph. Thank goodness for his shiny nose. Dancer and Prancer used to have big spotlights strapped to their heads, and the batteries were constantly dying out. One year Santa had us land on WalMart’s roof so he could run in and buy batteries. You can imagine that scene.

I hope you enjoyed my story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

P. S.: I love apples if anyone would like to leave me a few outside.

Hi, my name is Rudolph.

You all know that I have a very shiny nose, so let me tell you how I became the lead reindeer on Christmas Eve.

Long before I was born, Santa used to mount large spotlights on Dancer’s and Prancer’s heads because they were always the front reindeer. The spotlights were extremely heavy and uncomfortable for Dancer and Prancer.

I was born years ago on a cold winter’s evening. I remember taking my first steps in the barn. My Mom and Dad where there to root for me. They were so proud.

When I was about four years old I noticed my nose would very slowly become bright red. I did not know what to do, so I would wrap it in a black cloth. One evening my friends and I were playing outside when the cloth fell off and my nose began to glow a bright red. It lit up the sky. I was so embarrassed and I did not know what to do. The other reindeer laughed and called me names.

So I did not play with them for a long time.

Somehow, Santa heard about the little reindeer with the bright red nose and how embarrassed he was to have it. So, one day Santa walked over to my house to cheer me up. When we met for the first time, he was amazed at how bright my nose really was. Santa had an idea! He asked me, Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?

Needless to say I was overjoyed. I was going to lead the reindeer on Christmas Eve. So I was hooked up that night and flew off with all the other reindeer. The other reindeer learned to love me and accepted me even though I was a little different. Especially Dancer and Prancer because they did not have to wear those large heavy spotlights any more!

I hope you enjoyed my story and I will see all of you on Christmas Eve.

P.S.: I love carrots if anyone would like to leave some for me on the roof!