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In December 2007, It was my first Christmas to be far away from my family and spent the whole holiday alone. This is because i had to leave my hometown and my family for work. Most family around our apartment were busy preparing for the Christmas eve..and indeed it was a white Christmas for me..i hear people chanting a Christmas song..same songs were sang by the carolers for each and every house they visited, however, there is one song that clings in my mind..
"Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer", where in the world did the reindeer came from? Here is a fact tidbits about the origin of the Red nose reindeer...
In 1939, the management of the Chicago based Montgomery Ward department store decided to ask one of their employees, Robert L. May, to compose a story book for the children visiting their store that Christmas.
Drawing on his own experiences as a child and drawing on the line of thought from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling", Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was composed, published and handed out to a total of 2.4 million children.
By 1946, over 6 million copies were in circulation, May having tested the story out on his own 4 year old daughter at the time of writing.
By 1947 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was printed commercially and a year later a short cartoon of the story was shown in theatres. When May's brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, wrote the lyrics and melody for the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the Rudolph phenomenon was born.
"Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer", where in the world did the reindeer came from? Here is a fact tidbits about the origin of the Red nose reindeer...
In 1939, the management of the Chicago based Montgomery Ward department store decided to ask one of their employees, Robert L. May, to compose a story book for the children visiting their store that Christmas.
Drawing on his own experiences as a child and drawing on the line of thought from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling", Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was composed, published and handed out to a total of 2.4 million children.
By 1946, over 6 million copies were in circulation, May having tested the story out on his own 4 year old daughter at the time of writing.
By 1947 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was printed commercially and a year later a short cartoon of the story was shown in theatres. When May's brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, wrote the lyrics and melody for the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the Rudolph phenomenon was born.
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