12.19.14 Reindeer Magic

When you see a white-tailed deer, you can easily distinguish between a male and a female: the buck has antlers and the doe does not. But another member of the deer family, the caribou, is harder to figure. BOTH sexes grow antlers, but they shed them at different times. The…
2014

12.14.12 Donder Wonder

C’mon, admit it, you’ve always wondered about Donner. All the other reindeer names make sense. Dasher dashes, Dancer dances, Prancer prances. Cupid and Vixen probably hang out together in the off-season. Comet is clearly the fastest one. And Blitzen is the German one that sparkles like lightning. But Donner? Something’s…
2012