How do you spell the names of Santa's reindeer?

Answer 1

The usual listing is that given in the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas". In the poem, Santa exhorts eight reindeer by name, the list being:Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen!

On Comet! On Cupid! On Donner and Blitzen!

I don't know why Moore (the poem's author) chose those specific names, but choose them he did, and they've been traditional since.

(Donner and Blitzen are Germanic names meaning respectively "Thunder" and "Lightning", if you've ever wondered.)

The most popular addition to the canon came in 1939, when Robert May came up with a coloring book for Sears to give away entitled "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Since then, Rudolph is usually listed as the "ninth reindeer" (or first, since he supposedly occupies the lead position).

Answer 2

Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Cupid and Comet, and Dunder and Blixem are the original spellings for the names of Santa's reindeer in 'A Visit from St Nicholas' of 1823. But subsequently, 'Dunder' changes to 'Donder' and then 'Donner'. Then 'Blixem' changes to 'Blitzen' later on too.

Answer 3

Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Cupid and Comet, and Dunder and Blixem are the original spellings for the names of Santa's reindeer in 'A Visit from St Nicholas' of 1823. But subsequently, 'Donder' changes to 'Donder' and then 'Donner'. Then 'Blixem' changes to 'Blitzen' later on too.

Answer 4

Dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, comet, cupid, donner, blizten and rudolf

Answer 5

Santa's reindeer are called Dasher

Dancer

Donner

Blitzen

Prancer

Rudolph

Vixen

Comet

Cupid

Answer 6

Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen

Answer 7

Reindeer is the correct spelling.

Answer 8

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.