hi Silver, glad to have helped with the names of the reindeer.

All Santa’s reindeer are believed to be female actually. Male and female reindeer grow antlers each summer but the males lose them at the start of winter – females only lose theirs in spring after giving birth. With Christmas being within winter, any reindeer with antlers (as those who pull Santa’s sleigh) are very likely to be female. Of course, Santa’s magic could mean the males keep antlers longer…

Hi Amourmia, Rudolph is often not counted as one of the main reindeer so thinking of eight names is quite reasonable 🙂

Hey John, yes Olive was an important reindeer, lol – we mentioned her in another post – but not one that is likely to show up in a trivia quiz or similar 🙂

Hi Immy, and thanks for leaving us a message 🙂

I feel sorry for your Dad to not believe in the magic of Santa and his kindness, but glad you and your family do have that comfort and warmth. It is best to write directly to Santa with your requests (and you can use a template I made ot help you write a nice letter) but I will pass it on to Santa for you.

Santa’s naughty and nice lists can change over time – and I can’t see the lists – so I don’t know where Kirsty Ann is. It’s not nice when anyone is mean and hopefully Kirsty Ann will be kind to you and your friends soon. In the meantime, stay away from her when you can and try to be calm and polite as much as possible.

I hope you have a fantastic Christmas Immy 🙂

Thanks for dropping by Lynda, but I think you’ll find Commet is the seventh name in Anna’s list above 🙂

Hi Sophie,
that’s great you have been good this year, and I hope you are god next year, too! I don’t know what Santa is packing for you but it may be a hatchimal – have you written to Santa and told him (politely of course!) what you would like?

Thanks for dropping by Doug.

A couple of the reindeer names have evolved over time so Donner, Dunder and Donder are all used. The original “The night before Christmas” poem by Clement Clarke Moore did use Donder and Blitzen (rather than Blixen and Blixem as are sometimes used).

Hi Jewels, Anna just listed the key reindeer here for us – all the ones from the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas.
We followed that up with a list of other reindeer, but I might need to add Buddy to that list now!

Merry Christmas to you, too, Regan 🙂 I hope you are surrounded by kindness and caring.

There’s no need to be shy with Santa, and he loves you, too!

Hi Angel, why not write a letter to Santa (perhaps leave it under your tree given he’ll be here tomorrow night!) and tell him about your plans?

And you Angel 🙂

Thanks for your comment Adrian.

You’re right that Anna made a mistake in the original post – it is Comet 🙂