Rudolph’s nose is able to glow so bright due to bioluminescence. It may sound sciency, but it offers a perfectly good explanation as to how Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s nose is able to glow. Bioluminescence is the same thing that allows fireflies to glow at night. A chemical reaction occurs that produces light energy within Rudolph’s red nose..
Santa has nine reindeer in total including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer who has a glowing red nose that helps guide Santa’s sleigh in bad weather. Traditionally, Santa had only eight reindeer until Rudolph came along with his glowing red nose.
When you have to deliver presents to millions of kids all around the world, you need all the help you can get. And nine reindeer is just enough reindeer to get the job done each and every year.
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Learn more about Santa Claus’s reindeer on Wikipedia.
Santa Claus is able to deliver gifts around the world in one night thanks to his high-powered sleigh that is outfitted with the most advanced propulsion engine known to man. His sleigh gets a lot of help from his reindeer as well.
The names of Santa’s reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph.
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