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According to the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers
in the summer each year (the only members of the deer family, Cervidae,
to have females that do so), male reindeer drop their antlers at
the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid December.
Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring. Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolf to Blitzen........had to be a female. We should've known this when they were able to find their way... |