Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer created by Robert Lewis May in 1939. The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, LP and has been adapted and shaped in numerous forms including a popular song by Johnny Marks, the iconic 1964 stop-motion animated television special and its two sequels. A series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer created by Robert Lewis May in 1939. The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, LP and has been adapted and shaped in numerous forms including a popular song by Johnny Marks, the iconic 1964 stop-motion animated television special and its two sequels from RankinBass Productions, as well as the 1998 traditional animated feature film and a 2001 CGI sequel from GoodTimes Entertainment. A series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. In many countries, Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore. In its first year of publication, Montgomery Ward distributed 2. 4 million copies of Rudolph’s story. In 2003, Penguin Books issued a reprint version of the original Rudolph theRedNosedReindeer with new artwork by Lisa Papp. Penguin also reprinted May’s sequels, Rudolph Shines Again and Rudolph’s Second Christmas. In 1951, Gene Autry’s recording of the hit song Rudolph remained the best-selling record of all time until 1980. It was reissued in 1951 with the addition of a song added by May’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks. May’s original story, which had not yet been written, was more faithful to Marks’ original song than the Fleischer cartoon short produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Corporation.
The original song sold 2.5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million copies, and remained the second-selling all-time record until the second year of 1980. In the U.S., Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus’s reindeers, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeering team and guide Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. Though he initially receives ridicule for his nose as a fawn, the brightness of his nose is so powerful that it illuminates the team’s path through harsh winter weather. In 1930s popular culture, a bright red nose was closely associated with chronic alcoholism and drunkards, so the story idea was initially rejected. Rudolph is finally favored by Santa Claus and asks Rudolph to lead his sleigh for the evening. Rudolph made his first screen appearance in 1948, a cartoon short for Max Handy’s Fleischer Corp. and made his debut in his first feature film, Rudolph the Red Nosed Re-indeer, which was released in 1948. The film was a box-office success and was the first Rudolph to be made into a television special. The movie was followed by a series of sequels, including Rudolph the Second Christmas, Rudolph’s Third Christmas and Rudolph the Fourth Christmas.
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