How many renideers does santa have?

Answer 1

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.