Santa’s Reindeers’ names
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house no one could remember the names of Santa’s reindeer:)
For anyone else trying to remember Santa’s reindeer names to tell the kids or win Trivial Pursuit here they are:
- Prancer
- Dancer
- Donner
- Blitzen
- Dasher
- Vixen
- Commet
- Cupid
- and, of course, Rudolph
But I also heard that it would take more than 214,000 reindeer to pull a sleigh of 333,333 tons (based on one soft toy per child I think it was) Now there is no way I’m going to list out 214,000 reindeer names, even if I had a hope of knowing them all!
Of course, whoever did those calculations didn’t factor in the magic of Santa or the white boomers so the 9 names above are enough for me!
Looking forward to my children reading Santa letters soon!
December 14th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
THank you for listing the reindeer names for us Anna.
And we understand why you didn’t list all 214,000 of them!
December 15th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I can never remember how many reindeer there are so thank you for that.
December 13th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Would the weight of sleigh change based on the size of the soft toy and if so, What is the size of each soft toy and the actual size of the sleigh in order to be 333,333 tons?
December 14th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Interesting question Donna.
Logic says the weight of the sleigh must change depending on the weight of each toy, but the weight of any one toy is probably insignificant compared to the total sleigh weight!
If you want a maths problem solved, perhaps you could join in World Maths Day next year, build your maths skills or ask someone with maths expertise – Love Santa is about delighting chidlren with personalised letters and sharing the magic of Santa and Christmas. Good luck in your search!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
[...] Everyone knows Santa’s sleigh is predominantly pulled by his reindeer, but not everyone can remember their names! [...]
November 11th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
That’s what I was loking for – a list of the reindeer, thanks! Do the white boomers also have names?
November 17th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Of course the boomers have names but I don’t think they’ve ever been made public – certainly not in the original song.
I’ll check with Santa about giving out their names…
December 11th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
hi
December 15th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Hi Bellah!
I hope you’re enjoying reading about everyone’s Christmas stories! Maybe you’d like to share some memories and ideas with us, too?
December 18th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Um hi can you list the names in the order that santa says in the night b4 xmas plz
December 18th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Hi Caitlin, Santa calls out:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen
Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
February 10th, 2011 at 10:44 am
you are cool
February 11th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Thanks Jacob.
May 21st, 2011 at 3:11 pm
The magic of christmas deffinetly defies physics as we know it. Both time & space
May 26th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Very true David – always happy to hear from other believers
November 20th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove you .YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD (: (:(:(:(:(:
November 21st, 2011 at 9:11 am
Thanks Lauren -that’s a lovely thing to say
And you do know that Santa loves you, too, don’t you?
November 30th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
my mum named all of them but now we know the orfer too thanjs
December 2nd, 2011 at 12:15 pm
[...] up lots of reindeer names for Santa or give each other reindeer [...]
December 9th, 2011 at 8:01 am
The name of the Six White Boomers are as follows – Jackaroo, Bluey, Curly, Two-Up, Desert-Head, and Snow. Christmas and Santa is the Most Magical Time of the Year.
December 23rd, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Do you work all year making the toys and do you have fun?
From Bettina Australia
December 24th, 2011 at 8:35 am
Hi Bettina, Santa does work all year making and gathering gifts for the nice boys and girls. He does it because he loves children and it makes him happy to give to other people – that’s a pretty good way to be isn’t it?
Hope your Christmas is merry, Bettina
December 24th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
How come you never hear anything about the 10th reindeer “Olive”?
A: Yeah, you know, “Olive the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names”
December 24th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
hey Rodney – we do know about Olive and some of the others not included in ‘A visit from St Nicholas’. Always good to remember the less well known reindeer, isn’t it!
Thanks for joining in and have a great Christmas tomorrow!