Close to Home by John McPherson for December 11, 2020

Are those rocks or…..?

I always wondered what reindeer games they were talking about.

The most popular reindeer game requires you to open with jacks or better.

notice Rudolph doesn’t get to join in…

We played this game as kids. My kids played this game in school as well. It was one of the few running games I actually enjoyed.

I saw the other day that male reindeer shed their antlers in the winter, but the females don’t. So… that makes all of Santa’s reindeer (including Rudolph) females…

Well, what do you know? “Reindeer games” look a lot like grade school gym class. Still no Rudolph? …sigh

Poor Rudolph never was able to join in :(

No red noses, must not be a drinking game.

Like Monopoly.

Is that reindeer poo?

Olive, the other reindeer, wouldn’t let Rudolph join in any reindeer games.

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a little bug named Bleeb, and if you tried to stomp him, he would drag you to the trees.

All of the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names, they’d never let poor Rudolph, join in any poker games.

Then one drunken Christmas Eve, Bleebster came to town, he said: “Rudolph I just kicked their butts, let’s head to the casino downtown.

All of the other reindeer, used to walk around real scared, they’d never cross ol’ Rudolph… … not-as-long-as-Bleeb-waaaaas-THEEEEERE.

Watch out for what appears to be very large reindeer droppings!

Rudolf was still excluded.

Bleeb, I wouldn’t be hangin’ around the exhaust port, you see what they’ve done already.

They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.

It’s a pun but I’ll allow it this one time. :-)

Buck, buck, gray buck.