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[Marty Rahn]

Hi everyone,

I liked this message and thought I'd pass it on. It's pretty cute. Hope yall 
enjoy, too!

Marty

Santa's Reindogs!



The true story of Christmas is that Reindogs pull Santa's sleigh, not 
Reindeer! With your help, we can correct a longstanding lie. For a hundred 
years, Reindeer have gotten all the credit for pulling Santa's sleigh, but 
Reindogs do all the work. We are asking for your help to spread the word and 
expose this cover up of the truth. As proof that Santa uses Reindogs, we 
have listed below the facts and truths that prove Reindogs are the real 
heros of Christmas. Just because the Reindeer could claim endangered status 
and could afford better lobbyists and public relations firms does not make 
it right that they should continue getting the credit for all that work 
delivering toys all over the world, and getting all of the good parts in the 
movies while dogs do all of the work.
Dogs have been an integral part of Christmas from the very first one.
Beginning at the manger, 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, when the very first 
Christmas presents were delivered, a dog guided the Wise Men to the stable. 
A dog stood watch over the gifts and guarded the Christ child on that first 
glorious Christmas night. History suggests that the bright star that guided 
the Wise Men was Sirius, the Dog Star (check Wikipedia to verify this). 
Hence the origins of Christmas and Reindogs! If you still don't believe in 
Reindogs, go to your Bible and find the verse on Reindeer!



We put a lot of the blame for the error on the National Geographic 
Magazine.Years ago a photographer was at the North Pole taking photos of 
Santa just before Christmas. All the reindeer were out in front of Santa's 
house, trying to beg carrots and lettuce from the visitors. The hard working 
Reindogs were out back, doing their exercises, running their daily 10K, 
getting ready to pull Santa's sleigh all around the world on Christmas eve. 
That is how photos of Reindeer ended up in the national press at Christmas 
time and the big lie began. It should have been obvious to everyone that 
when the Reindeer put on the harness to pose for photos, that the harness 
did not fit them, Reindeer were too large. They had to find the smallest 
members of the herd to put in front of the sleigh for photos. That is 
because the harness was designed for dogs, not deer. Those photos of the 
"eight tiny reindeer" began the great lie.


In the poem "'Twas the night before Christmas" the author referred to Santa 
and his eight tiny reindeer, but he knew better. Reindeer was an easier word 
for the writer to rhyme words with than Reindogs. He knew that the eight 
members of Santa's team were Reindogs, he just used poetic license. Talk 
about an inconvenient truth!



Who is it that pulls sleds and sleighs at Santa's home at the North Pole? 
It's dogs, not deer. Go look at the annual Iditarod race results and see how 
many teams of reindeer finished last year. There were over 50 teams with 
over 1,000 dogs and not a reindeer among them. If those reindeer are so good 
at pulling sleighs, why don't they win the Iditarod race? How many Eskimos 
use reindeer to hunt walrus and seals? Just open your National Geographic 
magazine and see for yourself. They don't show pictures of Eskimos hunting 
polar bears with reindeer. They use dogs!



Still not convinced? Santa's last name is "Claus", not Hoofs or Horns. They 
just misspelled claws. It's that poetic license thing again. So who has 
claws? Not reindeer, but Reindogs do! Reindeer with their sharp, hard hooves 
could never keep their footing on the steep and slippery roofs that they 
have to land the sleigh on, but a dog's paws with claws and pads grip the 
ice and snow to keep their footing on the roof. At the end of the poem, "He 
sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle," proves that the author 
was part of the great conspiracy, he knew that you don't whistle at deer, 
you whistle at dogs!



Seriously, do you think that reindeer can fly through the trees and around 
all the power lines with those big antlers? They would get tangled up at 
every turn. We all know that dogs can fly, watch the frisbee throwing 
competition or the dock diving contests. Dogs have to keep their secret 
flying ability under control to keep from giving our secret powers away.



One skeptic pointed out that Santa's rounds might go faster if his Reindogs 
did not have to stop and smell each fire hydrant on their rounds. Someone 
saw us smelling sign posts and did not realize it was foggy out and we had 
to pull the sleigh up close so Santa could read the street sign. We have to 
stop with Santa on every street anyway. Those sniffs are how we update the 
long "Naughty and Nice List" that has to be kept up to date, even on 
Christmas Eve. Long before E-mail was invented, Reindogs used P-mail by 
sniffing posts and trees along the way to find little boys' and girls' 
homes. Let's see a reindeer do that!



It is well known that "Dogs are man's best friend", but somehow you believe 
that reindeer bring your presents? That is the kind of logic that made Mr. 
Spock glad he was not human. Dogs are recognized as man's best friend 
because we are responsible for bringing everyone their Christmas gifts, for 
protecting them and for bringing joy to children across the land.



If you were Santa and it was your job to 'Fetch" toys to children all over 
the world in one night, who would you turn to, reindeer or Reindogs?
Reindogs "fetch" toys to millions of boys and girls in one night. Go to any 
dog park and see for yourself how many reindeer are playing fetch and 
bringing tennis balls to little boys and girls. Dogs make children's faces 
light up by fetching them toys and balls, doing every day what they do for 
millions of children on Christmas Eve. Just try throwing a ball for a 
reindeer and see how good they are at "fetching". This is proof that 
Reindogs are really the heros of Christmas.



Dogs can be trained, they obey commands. Dogs can come, sit, lie down, fly 
and even go to little Billy's house on Santa's Command. Try telling your 
neighborhood Reindeer to "go to little Billy's house", and see what happens.
Nothing!



How do you think Santa keeps his "Naughty and Nice List" up to date? There 
are millions of hard working dogs keeping track of the children on their 
block. All that barking at night is not just noise, it is Reindog assistants 
relaying the updates for the Naughty and Nice list back to Santa. More proof 
that reindeer are just a myth. Santa does not rely on reindeer to keep his 
list up to date, it all falls to the hard working dogs.



According to long standing tradition, you are asked to leave milk and 
cookies out for Santa and his team. Who do you suppose drinks all of that 
milk and eats all those cookies? Reindogs, that's who. Reindeer eat hay, if 
you don't believe me go search Wikipedia. This year we are trying to start a 
new tradition, instead of milk and cookies, could you leave a good chew 
treat as well? When you see the chew treats gone on Christmas morning, that 
will be more proof of Reindogs existence.



The true story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindog has long been our family 
tradition. I was told this story as a tiny puppy, just before Christmas when 
daddy had to go to the North Pole to get ready for his night's work.
According to our family history, which has been handed down from mouth to 
ear for many generations, Rudolph is a direct ancestor of mine. It all 
started with my great, great, great, great, great grandpaw. He had an 
extraordinary nose and had long used his special talent to track lost 
explorers and packages at the North Pole. He had a red nose from following 
scent trails in deep snow, his nose used to get cold and red from the 
exposure to snow and cold. One foggy Christmas Eve Santa needed help in 
finding the route to take for his scheduled Christmas Eve run. Rudolph G. 
Retriever stepped forward and offered to guide the team by scent, tracking 
good little boys and girls with his nose, thus saving Christmas that year. 
His nose grew cold and turned red from flying at the head of the team in the 
cold. That established a wonderful family tradition, that is until the 
reindeer lobby stepped in to take credit for it all.



Most of the crowded dog shelters and homeless dogs are directly related to 
this travesty. Millions of unemployed Reindogs have been thrown out of work 
by the upstart reindeer. Because of the great reindeer lie, the dogs that 
pull the sleigh to deliver the toys end up in shelters and pounds during the 
off season because of the reindeer conspiracy. The reindeer take all the 
good parts in the Christmas plays, manger scenes and movies, leaving 
Reindogs truly out in the cold. It is a travesty I tell you!



The dogs of the world expect an apology from the press. We will expect the 
artists and movie producers to book dogs for the publicity shots and movie 
roles so that at long last Reindogs will get the credit due to them. We need 
you to help us spread the word and reverse this great lie. Help us keep this 
great dream alive and tell others about the great heritage that has been 
stolen from us. Help our unemployed doggy friends to find work on stage and 
screen, playing the true roles of Santa's Reindogs.



Fear not, children, Santa and his team of Reindogs will be there for you on 
Christmas Eve!



But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight,


"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night." 

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