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Show If Santa Misses, Reindeer Supply Will Be at Fault If Santa Claus misses some youngsters young-sters this year, it could be offered plausibly that he was not able to round up enough reindeer for his yearly trip around the globe. The reindeer shortage has become, be-come, in recent years, much too acute. It has been estimated that wolves have destroyed 500,000 of Santa's helpers within the last decade or so, leaving an approximate approx-imate 50,000. The difficulty of keeping the animals ani-mals alive in a temperate climate makes it unlikely that any of the few remaining will be transported from their native regions to other lands for the holiday season, as has been done in the past. American boys and girls will have to be satisfied with stand-ins. The few department stores featuring featur-ing Santa's complete outfit this year will be using native deer as substitute for Dasher, Prancer, and company. . |