Donder and the rest of Santa’s reindeer have been cleared by Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg for their planned flight across the state this ...

The reindeer are taking the day off as a watercraft bearing Kris Kringle drops anchor in San Diego and Capitola.

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Western Alaska has a rich history of reindeer herding that is still going on today. We even have a few reindeer herds here in the Interior. The following series of stories, including real flying ...

HELSINKI – Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa’s sleigh in tow. But on Europe’s northern fringe, the migratory ...

At eight months old, baby Olive is already a Christmas pro. Relaxed and calm in a red collar festooned with jingle bells, the 140-pound reindeer gazes into camera after camera at a holiday ...

Long ago, shamans -- and reindeer -- in the Far East were known to eat red and white mushrooms. And then hallucinate. A Harvard biologist asks, is... Did 'Shrooms Send Santa And His Reindeer Flying?

How do reindeer fly Santa’s sleigh around the world? If you guessed hallucinogenic mushrooms, you might actually be right. It almost sounds sacrilegious to mix psychedelics and winter festivities, but ...