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CNN Saturday Morning News
Females are Only Reindeer With Antlers at Christmastime
Aired December 22, 2001 - 08:59 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: With Christmas only three days away, we thought it's time you found out exactly who will be flying Santa's sled on his sled.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: They say girl power is the story here.
Here's Gina London with the facts.
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UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose.
GINA LONDON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Did you ever think there was something funny about Santa's reindeer? I mean besides the flying and Rudolph's nose. Tradition seems to depict the annual event as a big boy's night out. But...
DAVID NICKOLAUS, DENVER ZOO: In reality, yes. The females lose their antlers in March and the males lose theirs before Christmas.
LONDON: So, all the reindeer pulling Santa must be girls.
NICKOLAUS: This reindeer right here walking along is Buster. He's our 10-year-old male and he's the one that just shed his antlers about a week ago.
LONDON: He looks more like a cow than a reindeer. So what about Dasher, Dancer and Prancer?
SANTA CLAUS: We should rename all the reindeer and make them female if they're female and not hide behind the facade that they're male. Jana and Elaine and Margaret.
LONDON (on camera): Naturally, when we discuss the traditions of Christmas, we talk to the real experts. And who knows more than kids?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose.
LONDON (voice-over): What else did they have to say about Santa's team?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Santa Claus and the reindeer, that's nice. LONDON: And it figures kids were more enlightened than most adults about what we thought was Santa's big secret.
(on camera): Are the reindeer girls or boys?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Girls.
LONDON (voice-over): Mrs. Claus knew the truth all along.
MRS. CLAUS: Most of the work behind every man there's a good woman.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
LONDON: Gina London, CNN, Denver.
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