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Christmas Reindeer Coloring Pages

by Leanne Guenther
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Welcome to my Christmas reindeer coloring pages section.

Donner and Blitzen are the German words for thunder and lightning, which tells you how fast Santa's reindeer are supposed to be. Rudolph joined the team much later, in 1939, when a department store gave out a story about a reindeer with a very shiny nose.

Jump to: Names | Red-Nosed | Funny | with Elves | Caribou | Rudolph | Night Before Christmas

 

 

Names of Santa's Reindeer

 

Red-Nosed Reindeer

 

Funny Reindeer

 

Elves and Reindeer

 

Caribou (Real-Life Reindeer)

Santa's reindeer get to fly, but their real-life relatives, the caribou, do their travelling on foot, and some herds walk hundreds of miles every year. Here's a Christmas fun fact: the boys drop their antlers in early winter while the girls keep theirs until spring, so a reindeer pulling a sleigh with antlers on is probably a girl.

Caribou coloring pages

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The other reindeer laughed at Rudolph's shiny nose and wouldn't let him join in their games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa had a problem that only a very bright nose could fix.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer coloring pages

 

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Santa's eight reindeer first showed up in this 1823 poem, and it's where their names come from. Two of them were a little different back then, though. Donder and Blitzen started out as Dunder and Blixem, close to the Dutch words for thunder and lightning.

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas coloring pages