Name the only one of Santa's reindeer named after another creature?
"Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those used in the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (commonly called ""The Night Before Christmas"") by Clement Clarke Moore, arguably the basis of the reindeers' popularity. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"" has led to Rudolph often joining the list, bringing the number"
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as ""Santa's ninth reindeer"", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, though he is a young buck who has only adolescent antlers and a glowing red nose. Though he receives scrutiny for it, the luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather. Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store. The story is"
"nose, which is only red when lit up. Michael Fry and T. Lewis have given Rudolph another brother in a series of ""Over the Hedge"" comic strips: an overweight, emotionally damaged reindeer named Ralph, the Infra-Red nosed Reindeer, who is referred to as Rudolph's older brother. Ralph's red nose is good for defrosting Santa's sleigh and warming up toast and waffles; he enviously complains about his brother Rudolph's publicity and his own anonymity. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as ""Santa's ninth reindeer"", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted"
"also depended on reindeer herding and fishing for centuries. In Lapland, reindeer pull pulks. Male and female reindeer can grow antlers annually, although the proportion of females that grow antlers varies greatly between population and season. Antlers are typically larger on males. In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to good children on Christmas Eve. Carl Linnaeus chose the name ""Rangifer"" for the reindeer genus, which Albertus Magnus used in his ""De animalibus"", fol. Liber 22, Cap. 268: ""Dicitur Rangyfer quasi ramifer"". This word may go back"
"He has often helped Santa (probably just to save his own butt) and is often fed up with the way Gruzzlebeard treats him. Like Gruzzlebeard, he is both immortal and ageless. Instead of the traditional team of Santa Claus's reindeer, there are only three reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh: Rudolph, his father Donner and the talkative Blitzen. The other two don't have very big roles; Rudolph got his own episode in the show where he thought no one wanted him around. He ran away and befriended a young Inuit boy, though they eventually parted ways when Santa came looking for"
"Saint Nicholas to create Santa Claus. Popular radio programs from the year 1927 onwards probably had great influence in reformatting the concept with the Santa-like costume, reindeer and Korvatunturi as his dwelling place. Because there really are reindeer in Finland, and Finns live up North, the popular American cult took root in Finland very quickly. Joulupukki Joulupukki is a Finnish Christmas figure. The name """"Joulupukki"""" literally means ""Christmas goat"" or ""Yule Goat"" in Finnish; the word ""pukki"" comes from the Teutonic root ""bock"", which is a cognate of the English ""buck"", and means ""billy-goat"". An old Scandinavian custom, the figure"
"Colbert, named Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream. Colbert waited until Easter to sample the ice cream because he ""gave up sweets for Lent"". Colbert donated all proceeds to charity through the new Stephen Colbert AmeriCone Dream Fund, which distributes the money to various causes. At least five species have been given scientific names honoring Colbert. In 2008 a species of California trapdoor spider was named ""Aptostichus stephencolberti"". The spider was named for Colbert after he reported on his television series that Jason Bond, a professor of biology at East Carolina University, had named a different species of spider ""Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi"" after"
"away! Dash away all! Although a ninth reindeer was later added to Santa Claus' team in the popular Christmas song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", no peak was named for Rudolph, ""the most famous reindeer of all"". Until the mid-1990s, the Christmas Mountains remained untouched by industrial forestry operations. As Crown land, the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources administered the property as part of a vast swath of forest across the north-central part of the province. With few roads leading into the area, the Christmas Mountains maintained an old growth Acadian forest that was unique to northeastern North America. New"
"of postage stamps featuring Rudolph were issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. Sam the Snowman welcomes the viewers to Christmastown at the North Pole and introduces Santa and Mrs. Claus who live in a castle located left of the Christmas Tree Forest. Later on, Sam recalls the year Christmas was almost cancelled due to a big snowstorm and how a very special reindeer saved the day. Donner, Santa's lead reindeer, and his wife have given birth to a new fawn named Rudolph. Upon admiring him, they are surprised to see that he has been born"
"people/animals. The spider was officially announced on August 6 as the ""Aptostichus stephencolberti"". Colbert announced on February 5, 2009 that the UC Santa Cruz Marine Lab named an elephant seal in honor of him: Stelephant Colbert the Elephant Seal. In 2006, the ice hockey team Saginaw Spirit named their mini mascot ""Steagle Colbeagle"" after they held a naming contest. As of 2014, the team still had Steagle Colbeagle as their mini mascot. In February 2007, Ben & Jerry's unveiled a new ice cream flavor in honor of Stephen Colbert, named Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream (available only in the United States)."
"that the children's stockings were hung by the fireplace to dry, so he decides to put small toys in them while placing larger toys elsewhere. After Claus leaves and the family wakes up, they refer to him as ""Saint Claus"" or ""Santa Claus"". Once Claus returns, Peter Knook informs him that he can only use the reindeer once a year on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is only ten days away, so he will not have time to make enough toys. In order for Claus to have enough gifts, Peter Knook finds and retrieves the toys stolen by the Awgwas. Claus"
"ten peaks are: The eight latter names commemorate Santa Claus's reindeer as named in the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" by Clement Clarke Moore. The poem reads in part: With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash"
"means then that Lucas and Spielberg may have been influenced directly by Haggard's Quatermain and Doyle's Challenger, as noted above, but also indirectly through Bark's/Disney's Uncle Scrooge. The character was originally named Indiana Smith, after an Alaskan Malamute called Indiana that Lucas owned in the 1970s and on which he based the Star Wars character Chewbacca. Spielberg disliked the name Smith, and Lucas casually suggested Jones as an alternative. The ""Last Crusade"" script references the name's origin, with Jones's father revealing his son's birth name to be Henry and explaining that ""we named the ""dog"" Indiana"", to his son's chagrin."
"sack and a reindeer named Holly stuck in a thicket patch. After calling the Super Sleuths, they help Holly out and take her to Rabbit's House where everybody else is waiting. They learn that she is one of Santa's reindeer, who is searching for Santa's magical sack after it fell off of Santa's sleigh during a practice run. It turns out that the sack that Roo and Lumpy found earlier is what Holly was looking for. The only problem is she doesn't know how to get home, which means that there won't be any Christmas. Everybody except Kanga set off"
"$1,000 to spend on decorations. Both teams then picked names out of hats in order to decide who would be manager, and Grayvee was drawn for Team A, while Rayna was chosen for Team B. Team A discusses the name and decides to name it after Flav's youngest son, Karma. Meanwhile, Ice & Grayvee (Team A) and Rayna & Shy (Team B) go to a fashion store to get some decorations. Shy sees a reindeer and realizes that they should take it, since she knows Flav loves reindeer. However, Rayna disagrees, saying that it is tacky and won't fit into"
"rolling suitcases, tote bags, phone cases, water bottles, mugs, and tableware. Drinks inspired by Sven have been created, and cakes depicting him have been produced as well. Sven (Frozen) Sven is a fictional character who most prominently appears in the animated film ""Frozen"" (2013) produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is a reindeer that lives together with his companion, Kristoff. Sven, alongside Kristoff, aids princess Anna in her search for her sister, queen Elsa, who has run away after placing the kingdom of Arendelle under an eternal winter. During their adventure, Sven also meets and befriends a living snowman,"
"Santa was merely throwing coal at Julien for obviously being naughty. Unfortunately, upon meeting Santa, the group realizes the crash has left Jolly St. Nick with amnesia, unaware of his responsibilities. Julien comments around this time that he has ""another hat on,"" indicating the large bump on his head. Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria huddle together and come up with a plan: deliver all the presents for Santa and then use the sleigh to get them back to New York. Unfortunately, the reindeer refuse to take orders from anyone other than Santa, and it is revealed that they have a"
"he is able to find his way through the Forest even in a thick mist, despite Rabbit's attempts to lose him. Like most of the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals, in this case a stuffed-toy tiger. However, the word ""tiger"" is never actually used in the book. The term ""Tigger"" is used instead, both as the character's name and as a description of his type of animal. No other ""Tiggers"" appear in the story, and at one point Tigger (who has just seen his reflection in a mirror and mistaken it"
"a social outcast among the other reindeer. Santa Claus's worldwide flight one year was imperiled by severe fog. Visiting Rudolph's house to deliver his presents, Santa observed Rudolph's glowing red nose in the darkened bedroom and decided to use him as a makeshift lamp to guide his sleigh. Rudolph accepted Santa's request to lead the sleigh for the rest of the night, and he returned home a hero for having helped Santa Claus. Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas"
"to the Saami word ""raingo"". Linnaeus chose the word ""tarandus"" as the specific epithet, making reference to Ulisse Aldrovandi's ""Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum historia"" fol. 859–863, Cap. 30: De Tarando (1621). However, Aldrovandi and Konrad Gesner – thought that ""rangifer"" and ""tarandus"" were two separate animals. In any case, the ""tarandos"" name goes back to Aristotle and Theophrastus. The use of the terms Reindeer and caribou for essentially the same animal can cause confusion, but the IUCN clearly delineates the issue: ""The world's Caribou and Reindeer are classified as a single species ""Rangifer tarandus"". Reindeer is the European name for the"
"to Santa sent to him accidentally asking for Rudolph. Gruzzlebeard tells Rudolph to deliver the present himself and prove to Santa how great he is. Rudolph runs away to deliver himself, and Santa and the elves are worried about him. They go after him and get Rudolph back. They then punish Gruzzlebeard. In the end, Santa gets the child a baby reindeer whose parents were caught by the wolves Santa gets a message from a boy named Simon who wants a pony... and he’s in Outer Space! Santa, Jordi and Thoren decide to go to Space to give him a"
"and the more down-to-earth Puffy. Dooley tells Claus it is his destiny to deliver toys to the children of the world every Christmas Eve, which the elves will make in their large workshops. Donner and Blitzen are joined by six other reindeer and fed magic food that allows them to fly. When Christmas Eve comes, Claus is approached by the oldest of elves, the Ancient One, who renames him as ""Santa Claus"". Centuries pass as the mythology of Santa is created, until the 20th century, where Santa is exhausted by the ever-growing workload every year due to the world's increasing"
"seen in 2015. The story was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. In the song, ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", the lyric ""All of the other reindeer"" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger as the mondegreen ""Olive, the other reindeer"". Drew Barrymore voices the title character. The special was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. The story follows an anthropomorphic Jack Russell Terrier named Olive, who does not act like a dog. While in town, she meets Martini, a con artist penguin, from whom she buys"
"to find Paws as a stuffed animal. Gus drives the reindeer sled to the toy store, so that they could rush back to the North Pole to save him with the magic icicle. With Christmas around the corner, the icicle doesn't have enough power to spare. Santa mourns over the loss of his best friend, which caused the magic to flow and turn Paws back into a full-grown dog named Santa Paws (Mitchel Musso) and Christmas is back on. Since Ms. Stout left the children alone and Will and Quinn are missing, Eli had informed Mrs. Gibson from Child Services,"
"Elephant, Male and Female Rhino, Male and Female Zebra, Goose, Gander, Hen, Rooster, Ram, Ewe, Lion, Lioness Laborador Retriever, Cat, Tropical Fish, Parrot, Kittens, Puppies, Pony, Rabbit, Turtle, Duck January - Snowman, February - Cupid, March - Leprechaun, April - Easter Bunny, May - Mother's Day Flowers, June - Graduation, July - Uncle Sam, August - Sandcastle, September - Scarecrow, October - Pumpkin Kitty, November - Turkey, December - Christmas Tree Compass, Conch Shell, Crab, Diver's Helmet, Lighthouse, Mermaid, Sail Boat, Seagull, Seahorse, Ship's Wheel, Starfish, Treasure Chest Arrowhead, Bison, Boston Tea Party Crates, Covered Wagon, Liberty Bell, Space Shuttle,"
"separate occasions, and his total of 4 awards puts Parsons in a four-way tie at the top with comedy legends Carroll O'Connor, Kelsey Grammer, and Michael J. Fox. The asteroid was named after Sheldon. In 2012, a newly discovered species of bee was named ""Euglossa bazinga"", after the character's noted catch phrase, ""Bazinga!"" In March 2013, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium named a black-and-white colobus after Sheldon. In 2015, a new echinocaridid phyllocaridan from the Lower Devonian of central-eastern Poland, was named ""Ptychocaris sheldoni"" after Sheldon. Some viewers have asserted that Sheldon's behavior is consistent with Asperger syndrome. The writers"
"(1957). The new book includes illustrations by Edward Jeffrey, who died in 1978. The story, in prose, tells how Toby Twirl and some of his friends, including Eli, Pete, and others, find Father Christmas stranded in the snow outside their village. The reindeer pulling the sleigh has a stone in its hoof. Naturally Toby offers to help, and, while Father Christmas catches forty winks under a rug, Toby and his friends help the hobbling reindeer get to the village where the cheerful local blacksmith is able to remove the stone, and sooth the reindeer's hoof, ... Toby Twirl (born in"
"Newt Gingrich in Quebec is generally replaced with one to Mike Harris. Most of the recurring characters keep their English names in each French version. Two exceptions are Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel, who are known as Tahiti Bob and Tahiti Mel in France, as the word ""sideshow"" has no direct translation. In Quebec, the title ""sideshow"" is kept as an Anglicism. Another exception is made for the Simpsons family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, who is called ""Le p'tit renne au nez rouge"" (the French name for the song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", which literally means ""Little Red-Nosed Reindeer"") in"
"derives from classical Latin ""panthēra"", itself from the ancient Greek ""pánthēr"" (πάνθηρ). In Mexican Spanish, its nickname is ""el tigre"": 16th century Spaniards had no native word in their language for the jaguar, which is smaller than a lion, but bigger than a leopard, nor had ever encountered it in the Old World, and so named it after the tiger, since its ferocity would have been known to them through Roman writings and popular literature during the Renaissance. ""Onca"" is the Portuguese ""onça"", with the cedilla dropped for typographical reasons, found in English as ""ounce"" for the snow leopard, ""Panthera"
"Winterbolt to have his twin snow dragons create a blizzard next Christmas to trap Santa, so that Winterbolt can take his place and conquer the world. Lady Boreal, anticipating this, visits a newborn reindeer named Rudolph and puts the last of her power into his nose, making it glow bright red. She warns Rudolph, however, that if he ever once uses his power for evil, his nose will stop glowing forever. That Christmas, Rudolph successfully guides Santa's sleigh through the blizzard. Winterbolt witnesses this and realizes Rudolph is his only opposition. One summer, Frosty the Snowman and his family visit"
"through man's renewed participation in the divine life."" A number of figures are associated with Christmas and the seasonal giving of gifts. Among these are Father Christmas, also known as Santa Claus (derived from the Dutch for Saint Nicholas), Père Noël, and the Weihnachtsmann; Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas; the Christkind; Kris Kringle; Joulupukki; tomte/nisse; Babbo Natale; Saint Basil; and Ded Moroz. The Scandinavian tomte (also called nisse) is sometimes depicted as a gnome instead of Santa Claus. The best known of these figures today is red-dressed Santa Claus, of diverse origins. The name Santa Claus can be traced back to"
"the leader of the Wild Hunt at the time of Yule. Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology. Jacob Grimm (""Deutsche Mythologie"") traces the threatening or scary companions of Saint Nicholas (such as the Krampus of the Austro-Bavarian dialect region) to Christianized versions of house-spirits (kobolds, elves). After Christianization, the benign mid-winter gift-bringer was associated with the 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas of Myra. This association took place mainly in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, including German-speaking Europe, the Low Countries, the Czech lands, Hungary and Slovenia. The basis"
"Yule Goat) is like Santa driving a sleigh led by reindeers in the sky, so think Santa may stem from both Christian and pre-Christian Germanic mythology. In the 1950s, several Christmas cartoons emerged that deliberately adopt elements of Christian stories to convey the ""true meaning of Christmas"" in allegorical terms. An early film, ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)"" based on a Gene Autry song, involved a rejected and mocked reindeer that ends up leading the other reindeer through the help of a misfit elf and misfit toys. Similarly, ""Frosty the Snowman"" contains several Christian motifs, is the story of"