Gender of Santa's Reindeer..

Poststructural Pub
1

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet , Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph:

all seem to strongly suggest that ‘Vixen’ is the sole female on the team.


so,


How did she get this spot?

Is she a token female?
Did she really, honestly EARN this position through talent, hard work, and luck?
Is there a ‘glass ceiling’ at the North pole?

Furthermore, is ‘Prancer’s’ gender a definite thing? Is he/she irrevocably male, or female? OR transgender?

AND

‘Cupid’ suggests that cherubic figure often associated with Valentines Day:
is Cupid even pubescent? Is there a ‘Venus’ reindeer Santa keeps locked up somewhere?

I need some answers here, people! :angry:

2

She wasn’t afraid to stop and ask for directions.

3

No, I think they’re pairs.

Male:…Female:

Dasher…Dancer
Comet…Prancer
Cupid…Vixen
Donner…Blitzen


It’s just that Clement C. Moore had to arrange the names to work in the verse.

4

On what is probably the hottest day of the year so far..here in England.

Where and what does the urgency come from about who was the second fastest reindeer…

There is a joke there somewhere..

Slan,
D.

5

It’s my understanding that, contrary to her name’s sake, Vixen is rather … um … butch. Either that or it’s just beard envy among the rest of them.

djm

6

Maybe some of these deer had lifestyles and the names are in the right order.

7

They’re all drag queens.

8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer

Both sexes grow antlers,[3] which (in the Scandinavian variety) for old males fall off in December, for young males in the early spring, and for females, summer.

Hmmm…
:confused:

9

Guess what it says they eat in winter?

Lichen. :smiley:

10

:lol:

It seems so.

The “official” home of Santa Claus is a remote place known as Korvatunturi, as everybody knows.

:wink:

11

Didn’t the first printing actually say “Blixem”?

12

Dunder & Blixem

Thunder & Lightning

13

Haven’t you guys seen the animation: “Robbie the Reindeer”?

You need to.

14

That is excellent to know. I will refer to them by their correct, original names henceforth.

But Blixem is a girl.

15

Donder & Bliksem would be the correct spelling if you care to go the whole way on it.

16

nice graphic.
He’s a few deer short.

Although I like Emmline’s “pairs” idea: I just cant see Comet + Prancer as a couple. All the others seem happy together.


but with a name like “Vixen”, djm, are you really ready to defend the idea she’s butch? I would put ‘Blixem’ + ‘Prancer’ together.