How many renideers does santa have?
In the famous poem which is popularily called the Night before
Christmas- only 8 tiny reindeer are mentioned. It is strongly
implied Santa and company can alter their physical size to get down
the chimneys. Oddly this bit of Magic is not generally worked into
the Santa legend, but it is suggested in the poem. Rudolph joined
the pack in the late thirties, the song was written by Johnny Marks
and inspired by a cartoon strip that was run in the Montgomery Ward
catalogs, so that makes nine Reindeer. By this time, it was
understood there were nine planets ( Pluto having been discovered
in l93l) - there is also the popular phrase Cloud Nine.