The Reindeer Games continue today with the final round of the Speed Skating event. And the Hoojamawazit Skating and Ice Cream Palace is packed, as always, for this exciting event.
In fact, the Palace is jam-packed today. Super jam-packed! The Speed Skating final has become a very tough ticket, as we say. It seems that every one at the North Pole wants to go.
And why’s that? Well, the elves are on strike to protest their diet of fruits and veggies, and so they have plenty of time on their hands. They figured they would head out to see the race.
And now their replacements brought in by Mrs. Claus, the Abominable Snow Men, the Yeti, have decided to take in the skating final before they set to work making toys. No rush in heading to work when there’s fun to be had.
And the snow men are very, very big, and they take up a lot of seats at the Palace. And so it’s very, very crowded!
But, as always, the games go on. We are ready for the final round.
Yesterday’s first round saw Comet, Blitzen, Cupid and Dancer finish in the first four spots to advance. Once again, the Great Eight Reindeer will race around the icy oval at blazing speeds. And we’re almost ready. Rudolph will start the race. Comet, Blitzen, Cupid and Dancer are lined up and ready to go.
And they’re off!
Oh my, it’s just a blur around the first turn and into the backstretch. The Yeti look confused. They’ve never seen reindeer so fast.
On the backstretch, it’s Cupid by half an antler over Dancer. Comet and Blitzen are a few inches back.
Now it’s in the final turn and they reindeer are heading for home.
The Yeti are wondering what all the excitement is about. They don’t see anything at all! The reindeer are just too fast for them!
And into the final stretch, all four deer are nose to nose. It’s very, very close. Coming to the finish line, and whoosh! All four cross the line at just about the same time.
Rudolph is checking the replay machine. And the winner is?
It’s Comet for the gold and Blitzen is second. Comet is the sixth gold medal winner of the games!
Check back tomorrow for our seventh event, the very fun Obstacle Course!
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.
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