A reindeer is seen on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim

A reindeer is seen on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa. Heavy snow disrupted European flights over the weekend and stranded hundreds of drivers as far south as Italy as a white Christmas appeared increasingly likely in many countries.



A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.


A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.


A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.



A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.


A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.



A reindeer is seen on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa. Heavy snow disrupted European flights over the weekend and stranded hundreds of drivers as far south as Italy as a white Christmas appeared increasingly likely in many countries.



A reindeer eats salt on a road on December 20, 2010 near the village of Vuollerim, Lapland province, west of the coastal city of Luleaa.


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Entertainers dressed as elves hold reindeer outside number 10 Downing street

Entertainers dressed as elves hold reindeer outside number 10 Downing street in London December 20, 2010. The reindeer were brought to Downing street for a children's Christmas party for military families.




Entertainers dressed as elves hold reindeer outside number 10 Downing street in London December 20, 2010. The reindeer were brought to Downing street for a children's Christmas party for military families.



Entertainers dressed as elves hold reindeer outside number 10 Downing street in London December 20, 2010. The reindeer were brought to Downing street for a children's Christmas party for military families


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Road-olph the reindeer makes a bid for festive freedom... on the streets of Sunderland

By LEWIS BAZLEY

Roadrunner: The reindeer strolls serenely along the Sunderland streets


No-one likes working over Christmas but one Yuletide icon decided to bunk off by attempting an audacious escape.

Santa's pack of 13 reindeer looked likely to be one short this Christmas Eve after one of the festive animals surprised Sunderland shoppers by leaping out of its enclosure and trotting through the Wearside city.

Thankfully, children in the north-east can still expect their presents to be delivered on time after the reindeer was herded back into its city centre home by police and parks staff.


Runaway Rudolph: The reindeer goes on the run in Sunderland city centre with police cars in pursuit


The reindeer was spotted on the loose in Sunderland after being scared by a dog and jumping from its enclosure at the city's Mowbray Park's Lapland Village.

The creature had been part of festivities organised by Sunderland City Council but had the snarl of a dog to blame for its break for freedom, rather than the annual teasing inflicted on Rudolph due to his glowing red nose.

Six police cars followed the trotting deer through the city centre - with locals breaking into hysterics after being asked if they had seen him - before he was safely captured and returned to join in some reindeer games.


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Reindeer grazes in his corral at the San Francisco Zoo

In this photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo, one of four reindeer grazes in his corral at the San Francisco Zoo, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 in San Francisco. The four reindeer will stay at the San Francisco Zoo from Nov. 20, 2010 through Jan. 1, 2011, and are the only reindeer on exhibit in the Bay Area.



In this photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo, two of four reindeer graze in their corral at the San Francisco Zoo, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 in San Francisco. The four reindeer will stay at the San Francisco Zoo from Nov. 20, 2010 through Jan. 1, 2011, and are the only reindeer on exhibit in the Bay Area.


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Baby Blue becomes first reindeer born in England since Ice Age

By Daily Mail Reporter

Blue, weighing 8lb, is the son of mother Prancer and father Rudolph. The calf is the first reindeer to be born to a small herd located in a 750-acre Cornwall estate


Meet Blue, the baby son of proud parents Prancer and Rudolph and believed to the first reindeer born in England for 10,000 years.

The 8lb calf was born to a small herd located in a 750-acre Cornwall estate.

While reindeer existed in Britain during the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago they gradually retreated north and disappeared from these shores as the climate warmed up. Now they are only found in Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland.

The five females and male in the grounds of the Trevarno Estate near Helston were brought over from Scandinavia two years ago as part of Christmas celebrations taking place in the grounds.

They have since acclimatised to their new surroundings and 8lb Blue - named after the estate's bluebell fields - was born on May 1.
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The tiny deer edges along between one of the handlers on the estate and his mother Prancer


However Blue might not be the youngest for long as a further three calves are expected later this month.

Reindeer handler Ellie Pearce said: 'It was incredibly exciting waiting for the first birth. I arrived in one morning and there he was on the hay looking absolutely beautiful.

'Since then he's put on a pound a day and he's become incredibly friendly and inquisitive.

'He can actually outrun me already but he doesn't tend to stray far from his mother as she is very protective.'

The calf, which currently stands at little over a 1ft tall, is being fed by his mother but is already developing a taste for grazing in a specially designed pen.

He will soon be introduced to the rest of the herd and allowed to gaze in front of visitors to the 750-acre estate which dates back to 1246 and houses 70 acres of historic gardens as well as the National Museum of Gardening.

Trevarno's general manager Richard Cox said: 'We're obviously delighted with the new addition. He really is a gorgeous little fellow and everyone here has fallen in love with him.'

The only place where reindeer roam wild in Britain is in the Cairngorms in Scotland, where they were brought over from Scandinavia in the 1950s.


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