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Santa's Reindeer - Cupid
 
You would think that being one of the reindeer that pulls
the sleigh for Santa Claus would keep a reindeer very very busy. And it
does. But good ol' Cupid still finds time to play the great "Reindeer
Romantic."
He loves to create reindeer crushes and romances for
reindeer all over the world, not just the team at the North Pole. He has
personally been matchmaker to 1043 reindeer couples in the last year. But
the romance he is most interested in is his own. And it is quite a
romantic tale.
One day, a long long time ago, Cupid was flying
along solo, just loosening up and practicing some roof landings about a
week or so before Christmas. Suddenly he glimpsed a herd of reindeer
trainees on a training flight. He could tell, because reindeer-in-training
wear super bright yellow vests and have flashing lights on their antlers.
(It's kind of the same idea that driving schools use on their
cars.)
The herd of reindeer trainees was dashing through the snow
off the eastern border of Lapland when, WHOOOOOSH!... it hit a huge
updraft that sent the team out of control and upside down, heading right
for the side of dreaded Ouch Mountain!
Cupid made a speed dive and
grabbed the reins of the lead reindeer, gently guiding the team back under
control. When Cupid had safely landed the team, a young girl reindeer
named Vixen rushed over to him. Cupid was the bravest reindeer she had
ever met and she fell head over hooves for him.
They have been
hitched for over 200 years now!
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