Female Rudolph
I'm not very fond of Christmas...my mother sent me this and I thought it was interesting, supposing it's true.
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring. Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.
Didn't include the disparaging comment about males. Really, this was interesting on its own, adding sexist comments is just gratuitous. :Þ
Working on Chaucer paper. Thesis has to do with him rewriting stories of antiquity in such a way as to be pleasing to medieval English courtiers. Fun.