12 Shiny Facts About Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

(via Mental Floss) You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, and by now you certainly know Rudolph as well. But Rudolph wasn’t always the star of the show—he didn’t even exist until 1939, while the rest of Santa’s coursers have been around since Clement Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, which was written in 1823. Here are 12 other facts you might not know about the world’s most famous reindeer.