Thursday, December 23, 2010

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I have a very high tolerance for Christmas music, as Keith can attest. I pretty much listen to it constantly from the day after Thanksgiving until after the New Year.

But every year, I get annoyed at the beginning of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." That spoken intro part, that goes:
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen.
But do you recall ...
The most famous reindeer of all?
Isn't that a stupid question? It's assuming that you know all of the lesser reindeer, but that you might forget the "most famous reindeer of all?" The illogicality of it bothers me every time.

4 comments:

cat said...

Good point. I think that has bothered me subconsiously as well.

M. Lubbers said...

That's because we editors are detail-oriented people:)

Jonathan said...

Very good point. Not thought of that before :)

M. Lubbers said...

Jonathan: Now it will drive you crazy, too. Happy to be of service;)