The story seems to be circulating faster than the hottest gossip in a high school hallway: Ruldolph - the determined little guy who pulled through for Santa that foggy night -  could have been a girl.  *gasp!...*

That's right.  National Geographic recounts the old facts, stating that "male reindeer generally shed their antlers long before December 25, wheras the females retain theirs until at least January."  (Antlers are adorning their heads in every picture/movie I've seen...) "So Santa's outriders must be all females."

Along with the facts, I think the nose has it. Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon, veterinary medicine professor specializing in deer (ya that's right...deer) at Texas A&M University says it's all about the big shiny red nose for a gender clue.  "Females like a little bling."

I don't really have a question for this post...I just thought it was funny. Well... - Anybody catch one of those classic Christmas-Holiday movies yet? Christmas Without a Santa Claus? The Miser Brothers?

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