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the reindeer capitalism invented to sell a coal executive's shame back to him as a bedtime story.
means the ninth reindeer with a glowing red nose, mocked by peers until fog forces santa to hire him for his one marketable trait.
from born 1939 as a montgomery ward department store coloring booklet by copywriter robert l. may, written to save the company money on buying christmas giveaways elsewhere — the song came a decade later from may's brother-in-law.
almost namedrollo and reginald were rejected before rudolf stuck.
gene autry's songsold 2.5 million copies its first year, 1949.
public domain fightmay's employer initially owned the rights, not him.
nose sciencered noses in reindeer are real, from dense nasal blood vessels.