#red nosed reindeer

[kartoonkane]

"Behold! Your lead reindeer has arrived" ~Holly

[celesse]

Merry Christmas! 🎀🦌🔔

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[girls--complex]

The true meaning of christmas

[tobercat]

i keep forgetting that this is also an art blog so umm heres some silly rudolph art/doodles i've done this year since its getting close to his season!!! :3

this last two are basically just.. rudolph hermey and yukon in the pmd universe i was thinking about both rudolph and pmd that day so ermmm this thing exists now lol perhaps i could make it into a sorta au..... me thinks..

anyways i need to go brush my teeth, good day to you all

[likeafantasy]

25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (09/25) ↳ rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer (1964)

[daystilchristmas]

There's 54 Days Til Christmas!

[ani-radio]

I JUST COULDN’T RESIST!! <3 <3

📻🦌🍎

🎃👻

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[gameraboy2]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

[shirecorn]

At first I had thought that Rudolph was strapped in to the front of the sleigh, but then I noticed his hind legs were being supported. It's a mobility aid! So clever!

That's right! This is rudolph's self contained unit that allows him to move around on the snow. When he visits sunny climates, he switches the sled out for wheels.

The front part of the harness and the wooden sled shape is based on traditional sami sled gear, with the supports carefully based off goat wheelchairs.

Here's a breakdown of how it works engineering-wise. The goal was to make something that he could get in and out of on his own, like most people who use wheelchairs. The only hand-wave is to give his mouth magic knot-tying abilities that typical cartoon animals tend to have.

While most goat chairs use dog harnesses (including a connection between collar and cinch like a horse breastcollar) reindeer's main point of pulling is the collar. There are two straps on either side of a somewhat stiff collar that serves the same purpose as a yoke for draft animals. They can push forward with their shoulders into the collar and drag their burden without putting weight on their trachea, nor pulling too much with the cinch.

Rudolph simply slips into the collar and buckles his cinch around his ribs, then he is ready for the chair.

Here's what the sled looks like without Rudolph in it. He puts his legs through the two leg support straps, and rests his hocks on the padded bar. His belly is supported by a wide, soft strap that bears the weight of his back end. There is an optional seatbelt that goes over his rump if he knows he's going to be going at high speeds. For short walks, he can leave it off. This makes getting in and out of his sleigh easier.

Here's all the pieces assembled together! I'll probably add some crossbeams under his back legs for stability. It was really challenging to blend modern animal wheelchairs with traditional sleigh construction (including rope ties rather than buckles) but in the end we have a cute, believable mobility aid for the most famous reindeer of all.

Here's Little Ru, ready for a casual walk in the snow.

Don't get sunburned!

[kartoonkane]

A guide and fun way to best describe the deers you often seen from me!

[celesse]

Santa's Reindeer wooden ornaments 🔔🦌🎀

[hellspawnsparks]

let's be independent together :)

[starleska]

in 'Battle of the Dimmsonian', Peri mentions that he was offered a job by the Tooth Fairy at the Fairy School of Dentistry, but he turned it down to be a fairy godparent…which means our boy was very nearly Hermey the Elf 🙈💖

[tobercat]

rudolph and clarice but they're t4t