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Friday Fun: Christmas Edition

Posted by Danny, on December 22nd, 2006, at 10:58 am

Merry Christmas…

  • I have no doubt that our own cultural traditions are probably odd to other people, but as Christmas traditions go, this may be about as odd as it gets. (If you want the full effect, the accompanying slide show may be worthwhile.) Thanks to a friend and reader.
  • Did the reindeer Donder have some sort of the brush with the law that necessitated the change to Donner? Does Santa even do background checks? (Rudolph has a hoof in all this.)
  • Prancer – clearly not as popular as other reindeer…. (Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.)

dasher     prancer     blitzen    
Dasher, Prancer, Blitzen

I wish the best for you this season.

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