Welcome back to the Reindeer Games! The games continue today with the final round of the very, very difficult Around the World Marathon.
It’s been a challenging Marathon so far for the Great Eight, as they’ve gone from Canada, through all 50 United States, across Central and South America, then to Australia and Asia.
Will the reindeer be able to finish strong and show Santa that they are ready for the Big Run on Christmas Eve? Let’s hope so, and let’s hope we get Santa back from his trip in space too!
Well, let’s check in on the race and see how our deer are doing. As we head toward the coast of Japan, it looks like Dancer has a slight lead, just ahead of Vixen, Prancer and Cupid, who is just an antler behind. Then it’s Donder, Blitzen, Dasher and Comet not far off the pace.
“It’s going to be a close race,” says Rudolph. “A very close race.”
Indeed it is, as the deer head for China and then Russia and then through Europe. And then it’s up and over the United Kingdom, toward Greenland and finally up toward the North Pole.
At this point, it seems that Prancer has the edge, just ahead of Donder, Vixen and Blitzen. Yet, all the deer have performed well, and Santa will be pleased, no matter who gets the gold.
Finally, the Great Eight are closing in on the North Pole for a fantastic finish. The Official Elves are ready at the finish to see who wins. It’s going to be very, very close.
And there they are, finally at the North Pole, very close to the finish line! After a long and tough race, the reindeer are almost home. Coming down the final stretch, it’s very close, but it looks like Donder is the winner and Prancer is second.
A fantastic finish to a great race.
And so Donder is the fourth medal winner of the games. Donder joins Prancer in the High Jump, Cupid in the Long Jump and Dasher in the Sprint Race as the gold medal winners.
Check back tomorrow for the start of our next event, the Figure Skating competition, which will be followed by Speed Skating, the Obstacle Course and the 2222 Mile Marathon.
And now for the final day of the Reindeer Games. Today our eighth and final event, the 2,222-Mile Marathon will conclude at the North Pole. The winner will be our final gold medalist of the games.
Welcome back sports fans! We’re in the midst of our final event, the 2,222-Mile Marathon.
Welcome back to the Games! With just one event to go, the Reindeer Games are almost over.
Today we move to the final round of our seventh event; the Obstacle Course.
The Games continued today with our seventh event, the Obstacle Course, an event perhaps more challenging for the elves to build than for our Great Eight Reindeer to complete.
Welcome back to the Hoojamawazit Skating and Ice Cream Palace for the final round of the Speed Skating competition, our sixth event of the Games.
Welcome back to the Hoojamawazit Skating and Ice Cream Palace for the first round of the Speed Skating competition, our sixth event of the season.
The Great Eight put on a great show at the Reindeer Games but Prancer wins Gold!
Welcome back to the Hoojamawazit Skating and Ice Cream Palace for our second day of the Figure Skating event at the Reindeer Games.
After the four-day, Around-the-World Marathon, Santa’s reindeer were a bit tired but nonetheless headed out to the Hoojamawazit Skating and Ice Cream Palace for the first day of the Figure Skating event.
Welcome back to the Games! As the thrilling, yet tiring 10,000-mile Around-the-World Marathon continued, our Reindeer blazed across the sky for the fourth straight day and finally headed for the finish line at the North Pole.
This year's Reindeer Games continued with the third leg of the 10,000-mile Around-the-World Marathon. After wrapping up yesterday’s second led at the White House, the race headed over the Chesapeake Bay and across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa.
The Reindeer Games continued with another long and grueling leg of the Around-the-World Marathon!
Welcome back to the incredible Reindeer Games! After three events at the North Pole, the Games will continue with the first event outside the icy northerns.
And we’re back at the amazing Reindeer Games for the final round of the Sprint Race competition.
We’re back at the Reindeer Games Sprint Race competition. Day two will feature the top four finishers from yesterday - Dasher, Comet, Blizten and Prancer.
After an exciting finish to the Long Jump yesterday, the Reindeer Games continued with our third event, the Sprint Race.
The Reindeer Games continued on Day 4 with an exciting conclusion to the long jump competition.
The Reindeer Games continued on Day 3 with the start of the Long Jump competition, the second of eight exciting events.
It’s the second day of this year's Reindeer Games and the final day of the High Jump competition. Dasher, Donder and Dancer were eliminated yesterday but the rest of the Great Eight are looking for the gold.
Santa’s Reindeer have abilities like no other – they can run fast and jump high and move with the utmost grace and precision.
With a large crowd of elves and reindeer and other North Polians in attendance, Santa officially opened the Reindeer Games today at a packed Workshop Arena. Every seat was filled for the rousing ceremony, as Santa welcomed the famed competitors.
The Games will begin on the Monday following the American holiday of Thanksgiving.