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Jack Skellington's reindeer are completely skeletal, with white bones and black hooves. They have their own, dark grey wreaths, decorated with golden spheres and a faded red bow on the top of each one. Their antlers are crescent-shaped and face inward. | Jack Skellington's reindeer are completely skeletal, with white bones and black hooves. They have their own, dark grey wreaths, decorated with golden spheres and a faded red bow on the top of each one. Their antlers are crescent-shaped and face inward. | ||
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Flying reindeer have always been tied with Santa Claus. It is believed that Santa Claus rides his sleigh pulled by seven reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and sometimes a eighth reindeer, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The idea of the flying reindeer are believed to originate from the 1823 poem, ''A Visit from St. Nicholas''. | |||
In ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', Jack's skeletal reindeer take him around world to deliver presents, but they are shot down along with his sleigh by the military. | |||
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