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In 1946, May received an offer from a company that wanted to make a record of the
spoken word of the poem. May could not give his approval (and receive compensation)
because Montgomery Ward had the rights to the poem. In late 1946 or early 1947, Sewell
Avery, the company's president, granted the copyright to the poem to May, free of
charge. The spoken version of the poem was a great sales success.
While watching the thick fog that had strayed from Lake Michigan, May came up with
the idea of a misfit and isolated reindeer due to its luminescent nose that used its physical
abnormality to guide Santa's sleigh and save Christmas. Searching for an alliterative
name, May scrawled possibilities on a piece of paper (Rollo, Reginald, Rodney and
Romeo were among the options) before circling her favorite. Rudolph.
Summary
Once upon a time there was a reindeer named Rudolph who, because he was born with
a curious and peculiar red nose, big and bright, walked alone in the world. The other
reindeers made fun of Rudolph all the time, with phrases like 'you look like a clown', 'you
have an apple in the nose' ... Rudolph felt very ashamed and every day he walked away
from people. His family felt very sorry for him.
The jokes about Rudolph's nose were so annoying and constant that Rudolph ended up
moving away from everyone. Live sad, locked in his house, extremely depressed. With the
support of his parents, Rudolph decided to leave the town where he lived and began to
walk aimlessly for days, months, years ...
Christmas was coming and Rudolph was still alone on his way. But one night, on
Christmas Eve, when the stars shone more brightly than on other days in the sky, Santa
Claus prepared his sleigh, like every year. He counted and lined up the 8 reindeer that
pull their sleigh to bring gifts to all the children of the world. Santa Claus had everything
ready when suddenly a huge and thick fog covered the whole earth.
Disoriented and frightened, Santa wondered how they would manage to fly the sled if
they could not see anything. How would they find the chimneys? Where would they
leave the gifts? In the distance, Santa Claus saw a bright red light and began to follow
her with his sleigh and reindeer. He could not know what it was about, but as they got
closer, they would have a huge surprise. It was reindeer Rudolph! Surprised and happy,
Santa asked Rudolph to pull him also from his sleigh. The reindeer could not believe it.
He accepted it immediately and with his nose he illuminated and guided Santa through
all the houses with children of the world.
And that is how Santa Claus managed to deliver all the gifts on Christmas night, thanks
to the effort and collaboration of Rudolph the reindeer. Without their red nose, children
would be without gifts until today. Rudolph became the most beloved and most
admired reindeer of all. A true hero!