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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 39 points 2 months ago (5 children)

To be fair, neither are reindeer IRL.

Santa's sleigh should be pulled by 8 murderous polar bears.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Murderous flying polar bears.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's a ton better, you're not going to get many that are literally at the North Pole.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Ain't nothin alive up there besides scientists running from student loan debt.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What limits their migration further north in western Eurasia?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Real estate prices.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But santa lives in Finland...

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

...And commutes to the North Pole workshop M W F and works from home on Tue and Thu. Try and keep up, OK?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

🎵Rudolph with his nose so red, better run now or you'll soon be dead🎶

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t that what the witch from Narnia did?

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

And Santa is a much more powerful demon. So that tracks.