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Because he rides in a sleigh that is pulled by eight (...nine, if you count Rudolph...) reindeer on his way to deliver the presents.

AnswerHistory states a real man existed that delivered wooden toys he made to the children of his area. The sleigh was pulled by reindeer, simalar to the deer we see in the U.S AnswerThere was a man named Jolly Old Saint Nick. He delivered toys to children and he had a wagon pulled be some sort of animal. So they got Santa from Saint Nick and they got the sleigh pulled by reindeer from the wagon pulled by animals.
To pull his sley at Christmas Eve
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They were and are used as draft animals in northern parts of Europe. In Russian Army maybe eight reindeer could handle a l05MM field piece. I do not have a comparison chart of Mules-Reindeer. as Nicholas is a Russian name ( Two Czars) well it sort of falls into synch. Now to get some nice assignment for his youngest daughter,

You know who, Anastasia.

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They are and were used as draft animals in winter in northern regions such as Lappland, parts of the Scandinavian countries, Finland, and of course , Russia.

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