Reindeer Department Prepares for Early Arrivals
The Reindeer Operations Department is stepping up efforts to prepare for the early return of reindeer to the North Pole.
Customarily the reindeer start arriving back at the North Pole as early as late August and into September.
But two events – the test flights of Santa’s sleigh, and the late August wedding of reindeer Trixie and The Mighty Mick are expected to bring the reindeer back sooner than normal.
“Everyone wants to be here for that wedding, that’s a huge event in the world of reindeer,” said Elf Victor, head of Reindeer Operations. “But we also have the accelerated test flight schedule of Santa’s new sleigh. Santa has ordered a lot of these sleighs built and they’re working around the clock. And because of all that they need more reindeer to help test that sleigh, so the reindeer are reporting early and volunteering for duty.”
For more information about the growing ranks of returning reindeer, please listen to the North Pole Radio News report in the player above.
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Thank you, Elf Harold! The test flights have already begun, but the reindeer for them are still returning to the North Pole. I wonder if there will be more test sleighs in the future. I’m also curious about the reindeer wedding—is it just Trixie and Mick getting married this year? Are there any other couples? I would love to see this big wedding of Trixie and Mick with other couples together, well. It would be the most amazing wedding ever!
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