Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.


All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
play in any reindeer games.


Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"


Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!
The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer poem was written in 1939 by Robert Lewis May, for Montgomery Ward to be used as Christmas story promotion.
As a child Robert May had been treated an "Ugly Duckling" and liked the idea of a reindeer who was taunted by his peers becoming a Christmas hero.
So he wrote and tested the "Rudolph" text on his daughter, Barbara as he wrote it. The 4 year old really liked it and this encouraged Robert May to continue.
During this time the angels came and took Barbara's mother. Robert May was deeply in debt from the medical bills because of his wife's terminal illness.
In the true spirit of Christmas, Sewell Avery, (Montgomery Ward's president), to turned the copyright over to Robert May and that solved May's financial problems.
In 1939 millions of copies of the Rudolph were distributed, and even more by the time the war ended, and continues to be one of the best Christmas songs.
 
 
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