Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and… well, you get the idea. But what about the rest?

CHICAGO -- The 1821 illustrated children's poem "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" has the first known mention of a reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh. The much more famous poem "A Visit from St.

Santa’s reindeer — Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph — have received clearance to fly to Pennsylvania from Dr. Sarah Coburn, Alaska’s state veterinarian.