Rudolph rider

["Beverly Gray" <bgray@xmission.com>]

I thought everyone might like to know, that according to the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow
antlers in the summer each year (the only members of the deer family,
Cervidae, to have females that do so), male reindeer drop their antlers at
the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid December. Female
reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.
Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's
reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolf to Blitzen........has to be
a female. And of course, that's why Santa never gets lost!