Reindeer

How would Santa get around if God hadn't created reindeer in the Garden of Eden?

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
How would Santa get around if God hadn't created reindeer in the Garden of Eden?

couldn’t he use donkeys?

Originally posted by Andrew Hamilton
couldn’t he use donkeys?

or atheists, no wait a minute they weren't created, well anyway donkeys or atheists, both would do.😛

Originally posted by Andrew Hamilton
couldn’t he use donkeys?

...of course the reindeer are only there for asthetic appeal, the modern interpretaton of Santa's exploits involves duel-fuel ecco sleigh with a low carbon footprint.



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Originally posted by Andrew Hamilton
couldn’t he use donkeys?

I don't think donkeys can fly.

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
How would Santa get around if God hadn't created reindeer in the Garden of Eden?

Serpents, although if that were the case, Santa and Satan would be a mere permutation apart.

Wouldn't a team of pegasus work out better than reindeer anyway?

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
I don't think donkeys can fly.

Where there's a catapult, there's a way.

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
I don't think donkeys can fly.

So very true.

http://topratings.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/donkey-pulling-cart.jpg

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
I don't think donkeys can fly.

Donkeys could eat the magic feed corn that the Winter Warlock carries in his pockets. It's not exclusively for reindeer, you know.

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
I don't think donkeys can fly.

How about flying turkeys then?
-then that way Santa can, at his last few stops before going home, wring their necks and use them as food-presents (xmass turkeys for the roast) . He would have to keep a few alive so that he can use them to power is sledge home but then after he is back home he could wring their necks as well so that he can have some roast turkey for himself.

Doesn’t Santa normally do this with his reindeer?

Originally posted by Badwater
Wouldn't a team of pegasus work out better than reindeer anyway?

Their wings would interfere with the pegasus on the side.

Originally posted by divegeester
...of course the reindeer are only there for asthetic appeal, the modern interpretaton of Santa's exploits involves duel-fuel ecco sleigh with a low carbon footprint.



Small print: No animals were hurt during the writting of this post. The value of Christmas can go down as well as up. Your christmas peace may be at risk if you fail make an appropriate gift to your significant other...

…...of course the reindeer are only there for aesthetic appeal..…

Ok, donkeys are not known for their aesthetic appeal.
How about panthers then? (assuming they can be magically made to fly)

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
How would Santa get around if God hadn't created reindeer in the Garden of Eden?

Dog sled. After all, Santa lives at the north pole and dog sled is how folks get around up there.

Although, I've never heard of a flying dog!

Originally posted by josephw
Dog sled. After all, Santa lives at the north pole and dog sled is how folks get around up there.

Although, I've never heard of a flying dog!

The reindeer are usually shown as whitetail deer instead of caribou. And the caribou are ridden in Lappland by the Samis. My childhood book of stories by Hans Christian Andersen show caribou flying and pulling the sleigh of the Ice Queen.