‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house no one could remember the names of Santa’s reindeer 🙂
In the original poem about St Nick (Santa) in his sleigh pulled by reindeer, there were eight reindeer names. After that, the story of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer became known as well. Thus Santa is known for having 9 magical reindeer puling his sleigh.
Santa’s reindeer names
For anyone else trying to remember Santa’s reindeer names to tell the kids or win Trivial Pursuit here they are:
- Prancer
- Dancer
- Donner
- Blitzen
- Dasher
- Vixen
- Comet
- Cupid
- and, of course, Rudolph
Many other reindeer…
But I also heard that it would take more than 214,000 reindeer to pull a sleigh of 333,333 tons (based on one soft toy per child I think it was). Now, there is no way I’m going to list out 214,000 reindeer names, even if I had a hope of knowing them all!
Of course, whoever did those calculations didn’t factor in the magic of Santa or the white boomers so the 9 names above are enough for me!
I’m looking forward to my children reading Santa letters soon! They loved last year’s, and even my husband liked them (and he’s not keen on Santa at all)!
THank you for listing the reindeer names for us Anna.
And we understand why you didn’t list all 214,000 of them!
THank you for listing the reindeer names for us maddie
You’re welcome Maddie 🙂
I love you Santa am I on the good list or the bad list? can you please get me a monster high doll – I want abbey
Hi Catherine – Santa loves you, too!
Santa has noted your request but he never tells what he’s bringing as he loves giving surprises. I hope you enjoy everything you get and the excitement of Christmas Day!
Now I know all the reindeer names , thanks Santa so much ! Just out of intrest am I on the good or bad list ? I guess I will have to wait till Christmas Day!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, yes Holly, you will have to wait and see – but what do YOU think of your behaviour this year, hmmm? 🙂
I love Cupid
Thanks for dropping by Zac 🙂
Thanks for the reindeer names 🙂 Can you tell Santa have a good merry Christmas please?
Certainly I’ll pass that on, Trenton, but you could always write to him and tell him yourself!
Hi Santa, am I on the naughty list or on the nice list?
What are your elf’s names?
Hi Ethan,
Santa doesn’t read everything on here I’m afraid, and I don’t get to see his naughty and nice lists to know where your name is. The best I can say is what do YOU think of your behaviour during the year, and what could you do over the next few days that Santa would think is nice?
There are many elves with Santa and I don’t know all their names, sorry!
is there relly that much raindeer
There are lots of reindeer, Cameron, and that is a correct list of Santa’s reindeer from ‘Twas the night before Christmas.
I can never remember how many reindeer there are so thank you for that.
Would the weight of sleigh change based on the size of the soft toy and if so, What is the size of each soft toy and the actual size of the sleigh in order to be 333,333 tons?
Interesting question Donna.
Logic says the weight of the sleigh must change depending on the weight of each toy, but the weight of any one toy is probably insignificant compared to the total sleigh weight!
If you want a maths problem solved, perhaps you could join in World Maths Day next year, build your maths skills or ask someone with maths expertise – Love Santa is about delighting children with personalised letters and sharing the magic of Santa and Christmas. Good luck in your search!
Is it true that Santa has children?
Santa has never told me, Maddy, so I’m not sure. I think his elves are like children to him, though.
That’s what I was loking for – a list of the reindeer, thanks! Do the white boomers also have names?
Of course the boomers have names but I don’t think they’ve ever been made public – certainly not in the original song.
I’ll check with Santa about giving out their names…
hi
Hi Bellah!
I hope you’re enjoying reading about everyone’s Christmas stories! Maybe you’d like to share some memories and ideas with us, too?
Um hi can you list the names in the order that santa says in the night b4 xmas plz
Hi Caitlin, Santa calls out:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen
Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
The name of the seventh reindeer is Donder, not Donner. The name comes from the German….
Thanks Scottie.
A few of the names have changed over time, and most versions of ‘the night before Christmas’ use Donner now. I am used to Donner personally, but I like Donder 🙂
You forgot Rudolph
Ah, Rudolph’s name is at the end of Anna’s list, Idk
Dear Santa, Priscilla has been a very good girl this year
. please make her safe, well and give her her family all the love for mama’s sick. For my Christmas let her mom rid the cancer. We all love her. I’m doing my best to keep her safe, while her husband works. I want nothing in return. Just a smile on her face. Thanks Santa, Lynn. You know where to find me if need be!
Hi Lynn, sorry to hear your loved one is so sick, but well done to you for helping her and for Priscilla being good all year.
I can’t speak for Santa but I’m sure he wishes the cancer gone and will do what he can at Christmas.
All the best for you all, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas with many smiles.
you are cool
Thanks Jacob.
The magic of christmas deffinetly defies physics as we know it. Both time & space
Very true David – always happy to hear from other believers 🙂
I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove you .YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD (: (:(:(:(:(:
Thanks Lauren -that’s a lovely thing to say 🙂 And you do know that Santa loves you, too, don’t you?
thnx xx
I needed to remember all 9 of them for a trivia night with a Christmas theme so just wanted to thank everyone involved in this site for helping me 🙂 And I love Santa, too!
my mum named all of them but now we know the order too thanjs