Thursday, December 23, 2004

Two of Santa's reindeer were originally named 'Dunder' and 'Blixem,' not 'Donner' and 'Blitzen'. Dunder and Blixem are Dutch for Thunder and Lightning. Donner and Blitzen are German for Thunder and Lightning. For you trivia buffs: "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" made its first print appearance as an anonymous poem in the Troy (NY) Sentinel newspaper on December 23, 1823. It remained anonymous for many years. Clement Moore did not claim it until 1844, and his authorship is still disputed by some.

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