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As a reindeer Rudolph would be expected to eat pretty much the same things as other reindeer.

Reindeer mainly eat lichens in winter, especially reindeer moss [yes - that's really what it is called] - a unique adaptation among mammals - and they are the only animals except for some gastropods (snails and slugs) in which the enzyme lichenase, which breaks down lichenin (moss starches) to glucose, has been found. They also eat the leaves of willows and birches, sedges, and grasses when available. There is some evidence to suggest that on occasion, especially in the spring when other food is in extremely short supply, they will also feed on small rodents such as lemmings, fish and bird eggs. Reindeer herded by the Eskimos in eastern Russia have been known to devour mushrooms enthusiastically in late summer.

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Ummmm......I hope you know that he isn't real. So he eats whatever you want him to.

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