This holiday season, our 4-year-old son was introduced to the 1964 Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. When he went to bed that night, I imagined that he was thinking about this:
Actually – as we soon discovered through his terrorized screams – he was thinking about this:
And this:
I don’t know if he learned any life lessons from watching Rudolph, but I know I sure did. When it comes to pre-schoolers, the Abominable Snowman is no joke.
Good Morning Gloucester 
My sister Kim probably still runs in to the other room when the Abominable comes on…..and she is 44…………
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Another lesson I learned when watching Rudolph last year with my 3 year-old: Santa and his reindeer friends are real jerks, until they decide you have something they can use. Then they’re your best friend.
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Thanks for pointing this out. I think I need to pay a little more attention to what is going on in Santaland the next time I watch the show.
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Please everyone remember, Bumbles Bounce! Yukon Cornelius does survive! All is good! Merry Christmas!
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I was nine when I first saw that freak show with the shark teeth. I’m still scarred. The creators went on to create Robot Chicken.
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I have vivid memories of that character – inlcuding the face closeup!
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Count me among the many chicken littles that were scared of the bumble but the grinch was far scarier.
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Oh yes! This was scary when I was like 10 so that I was “stressed” afterward. For some reason I had registered that loud and clear but forgot that the Grinch was so darn scary. Arden tried to get inside daddy’s face and we had to fast-forward to the part where his heart grows and explain he was just cranky because he was lonely… oy!
@funkyfreshgloucester – so spot on, but then again maybe that helps people (deer/elves) to understand people (deer/elves) that are different and value them for more than just their usefulness in a pinch. Let’s hope! 🙂
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