Santa Popped In Again Today.

[gness]

He had a lovely zoom chat with the children in our local school. It was just what we needed! So much fun.
Santa had sent an elf to the school with a chocolate lolly for each child and to pick up their list of questions. They were so imaginative.

Much merriment when Santa gave the answer to... Is Rudolph a boy or a girl?

Do you know?

I'm getting quite used to having a big, fat man in a red suit around the house... ;-)

[rowanwitch]

A girl, only female reindeer keep their antlers in winter

[Mamyalynne]

What fun!

Yes, I do know.

[Lie-in King]

Brilliant! :-))

(Yes, I knew)

[gness]

Exactly! And how delighted the girls were to hear that. Santa had to explain how the reindeer could fly so far. He showed the children the pot of magic dust he sprinkles on their bottoms before setting off.

Looked a bit like caster sugar mixed with sequins to me... :-)

[Ellipsis]

Follow-up: why has Rudolph got a boy's name?

[pastafreak]

He's always referred to as "he" and "his" in the song...and in the story it comes from. I googled the last bit ;)

[shoota]

You should try sugar and glitter - you get much better mileage...

[rowanwitch]

Glitter and gunpowder...

[rowanwitch]

I think it was poetic license, Beryl the red nosed reindeer didn't sound right.

[gness]

She is Rudolphine but the chap who made the harness with her name on made a mistake and it's stuck.

[shoota]

Or chili powder.

[gness]

Glitter didn't work, Shoota. Do you know how much stuff Santa's little helper had to try before it looked right on the screen?

[gness]

And as for gunpowder, Rowan! Me and gunpowder in the same grotto?

[shoota]

Are these videos accessible by over 21's?

[gness]

Only if both your grandparents are present to watch them with you, Shoota.

[rowanwitch]

True, would have elf and safety implications

[Chinajan]

Then there's that other female reindeer, Olive. The cheeky one.

Olive the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names

[gness]

Oh lord, China! I'll never be able to sing along now without singing that!

[Sqad]

gnes

/////I'm getting quite used to having a big, fat man in a red suit around the house... ;-)//////

That surely is a slip of the tongue as I am sure you mean an "obese" man.

[gness]

Sqad. No, my tongue didn't slip though I did think of you as I typed that...... ;-)