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5 unusual facts about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer


Around the World with The Chipmunks

# "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (North Pole)

Johnny Marks

Among Marks's many works is "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which was based on a poem of the same name, written by Marks’s brother-in-law, Robert L. May, Rudolph's creator.

Les Parry

Parry released a single named "I'm Les The White Legs Parry" which changed words from "The Red-Nose Reindeer" in 2006.

Merry Christmas for You

It contains six songs (and a message), including two cover of American songs : Mama ga Santa ni Kiss wo Shita, a cover of Jimmy Boyd's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", and Akahana no Tonakai, a cover of Harry Brannon's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

Wishes: A Holiday Album

#"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Frosty the Snowman" (Johnny Marks/Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins) - 5:21


Christmas elf

A team of elves features prominently in the Rankin-Bass 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, including a "misfit" elf named Hermey who does not desire to make toys and instead wants to pursue a career in dentistry.

Country Bear Christmas Special

"Let It Snow/ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/ Winter Wonderland"- Cast (except Ernest & Trixie as she is on the opposite side of the performing Henry and Ernest is opposite Big Al's stage)

I Wanna Be Santa Claus

Studios in Los Angeles, where the tracks "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" and further work on "Dear Santa", were taped that day.

Maury Laws

His most widely known work may be an adaptation of Johnny Marks' score for the well-known Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, first aired in 1964.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Rudolph has just come back from delivering Christmas presents with Santa Claus when he is asked by Father Time to find Happy, the missing Baby New Year before midnight on New Year's Eve.


see also

Christmas by the Bay

The other songs are new performances of previously recorded songs: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; "A Holly, Jolly Christmas"; "Christmas by the Bay" (cf. Christmas at the White House, 1972); "White Christmas" (cf. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, 1966); and "The Friendly Beasts" (cf. Christmas Day in the Morning, 1952).

David Wenzel

Other notable projects Wenzel has done include Robert L. May's Christmas bestseller Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Grosset and Dunlap, 2001); Max Lucado's A Hat For Ivan (Crossway Books, 2004); and several books in the Little Bear series which were art-directed by Maurice Sendak (HarperFestival, 2003–2004).

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas

The video was re-released in 1999 with the removal of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the addition of a live bonus track called "Wiggly Christmas Medley" used from The Wiggly Big Show.