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Originally the poem identified two of the reindeer as Dunder and Blixem. Rather than a typo, or an ignorant editor - suggestions raised by some writers disturbed by the name changes - the original spellings were, indeed, correct. The phrase Dunder and Blixem! is old New York Dutch for the oath that translates as Thunder and Lightning!.





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Introduction,   Ch1: Mouse,   Ch2: Sarah,   Ch3: After Sarah,   Ch4: Locust Grove,   Ch5: Know,  
Ch6: Dunder,   Ch7: War,   Ch8: Unexpected,   Ch9: Economy,   Ch10: Dutch,  
Ch11: Politics,   Ch12: Religion,   Ch13: Work,   Ch14: Myths,   Ch15: Happy Xmas,   Epilog









        
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