“You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?” It’s precious few who haven’t heard of Rudolph. Every year new generations are introduced to the little red-nosed reindeer who wasn’t allowed to play in the reindeer games because of his nose. (Until, of course, one fateful foggy night that changed everything for him.) So where did this reindeer that is now so deeply entrenched in Christmas folklore come from? Rudolph was the creation of a man named Robert L. May. In 1939, May, who … Continue reading →