Monday, March 11, 2013


My friends it is time to dispel another historical inaccuracy. This time we delve deep into lies about "The big Red guy". No not Red Skeleton. Yes, Santa the Claus. Many believe that everything was fine and dandy with all of his reindeer (Well other than the early misgivings they had about Rudy). Well let me tell you that all was not Candy Canes and Shetland Ponies in Santaville. First there was the matter with of the sexual harassment suit filed by Vixen, in her legal brief (not to be confused with your normal briefs) she stated her name made her sound like she was a deer with questionable or at least immodest reputation in that area of her life. And because of her name many male deer would try to hit on her. Then there was Dancer, who stated on many occasions the enormous pressure he felt to always have to perform his dance moves (Waltz, Tap and Rap) because the public had expectations of him because of his name. And this doesn't even compare to the tragic life of Blitzen, who due to the public's expectations of him to be in a constant state of drunkenness, he made it his life's purpose to have whiskey breath 24 hours a day (He actually had a much larger Red nose than Rudolph did). Tragically Blitzen spent most of his latter years in and out of treatment programs. I don't have time to tell all the stories of the Reindeer at this time, however I will tell you that Dasher in particular had some troubling interactions with the law. He had a ongoing problem with getting words confused and for many years he thought his name was Flasher, this lead to some embarrassing arrests. Santa got him some counseling and it was all good. Nothing worse than a dyslectic reindeer. So next time you hear the song" Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer" you will know it was all a lie.

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