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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