Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

plural Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers · alternative Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

1. A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red, the subject of a comic Christmas song; often added among Santa Claus's reindeer as the leading one.

   These days, you see more of those giant inflatable Frosty the Snowmen and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

   2014, Greg Laurie, Red: The Color of Christmas, 15 Favorite Christmas Messages, Allen David Books, →ISBN, page 307

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   In the yards of the houses, the pink flamingos were eclipsed by huge plastic Santa Clauses and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers, their red noses tinting the shadows on the snow rose red, and on the roof ridges of every other house, Santa Claus and his sleigh had landed weeks earlier.

   1989, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Buffalo Afternoon, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 513

   The only buildings on the street across from the Yellow Panda were an abandoned warehouse and a lonely souvenir stand, also closed until tourist season, its carved Smokey the Bears and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers looking like lost Christmas decorations in the rain.

   1997, Roger L[ichtenberg] Simon, The Lost Coast, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 194

   Window cling-ons are the same kind you see at Christmas time, with cute Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers and Frosty the Snow Mans on them.

   2003, Tiffany Lambert, Restaurant Promotion and Publicity: For Just a Few Dollars a Day, Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., →ISBN, page 98

   Light posts, storefronts and other businesses were lined with garlands of silver, gold, green and red; as well as the occasional Santa Claus and more than a few Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers.

   2008, William Pepper, In the St. Nick of Time, Carnival of Glee Creations, →ISBN, page 10

   Good job you don’t have kids, mate. You’d go mad this time of year with all the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeers going on.

   2019, Alison Roberts, Single Dad in Her Stocking, Harlequin, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Rudolph

plural Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeers

1. Alternative letter-case form of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

   The final batch was Bessie’s favorite—a dozen Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeers.

   2001, Whispers from Heaven for the Christmas Spirit, Publications International, Ltd., →ISBN, pages 192–193

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   ‘Show us some . . . ’ the little girl screwed up her face, to squeeze out a problem that would detain her, ‘ . . . some Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeers.’

   1979, Ramsey Campbell, The Face That Must Die, Star Books, →ISBN, page 28

   She examined the wrapping. “Will you look at that! Teeny little Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeers all over it.[…]”

   1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 213

   Mum bought them for me one Christmas and they’re made of bright red fleece and covered in lots of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeers and Christmas puddings.

   2015, Alexandra Potter, Love From Paris, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 7