Robert L. May var \u00f3sk\u00f6p venjulegur starfsma\u00f0ur \u00ed\u00ad st\u00f3rverslun \u00e1ri\u00f0 1939 \u00feegar hann samdi kv\u00e6\u00f0i sem hann kalla\u00f0i „Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer“. \u00deessi j\u00f3l var kv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 selt \u00ed\u00ad 2,5 millj\u00f3num eintaka. Millj\u00f3nir \u00ed\u00ad vi\u00f0b\u00f3tu \u00e1ttu eftir a\u00f0 f\u00e1 eintak af kv\u00e6\u00f0inu \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 var gefi\u00f0 \u00fat \u00e1 n\u00fd \u00e1ri\u00f0 1946 og enn fleiri hafa kynnst \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad \u00ed\u00ad gegnum sj\u00f3nvarps\u00fe\u00e6tti og s\u00f6nglagatexta. Me\u00f0 vins\u00e6ldum kv\u00e6\u00f0isins tengdi Robert hreind\u00fdrin og j\u00f3lin \u00f3rj\u00fafanlegum b\u00f6ndum.<\/p>\n
Hreind\u00fdrin h\u00f6f\u00f0u svo sem \u00e1\u00f0ur veri\u00f0 tengd j\u00f3lunum. \u00deannig segir kv\u00e6\u00f0inu „A Visit from St. Nicholas“ sem gefi\u00f0 var \u00fat af \u00f3kunnum h\u00f6fundi 1823 a\u00f0 St. Nicholas (forveri St. Claus) fer\u00f0ist um \u00e1 sle\u00f0a sem dreginn er \u00e1fram af \u00e1tta hreind\u00fdrum. Ekkert \u00feeirra heitir reyndar R\u00fadolf en \u00ed\u00ad kv\u00e6\u00f0inu heita d\u00fdrin Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. \u00ed\u008d \u00fe\u00fdsku merkir blitzen elding og \u00ed\u00ad hollensku merkir donder \u00feruma. \u00deessar or\u00f0sifjap\u00e6lilngar fengu mig til a\u00f0 fab\u00falera a\u00f0eins.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r vitanlega voru hreind\u00fdr ekki tengd vi\u00f0 j\u00f3lin \u00ed\u00ad Nor\u00f0ur Evr\u00f3pu framan af \u00fe\u00f3 svo vissulega hafi \u00fea\u00f0 breyst \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ustu \u00e1rum og \u00e1ratugum. \u00dear var h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0in miklu frekar tengd vi\u00f0 geitur og \u00f3ttu\u00f0ust skand\u00ed\u00adnav\u00ed\u00adsk b\u00f6rn lengi j\u00f3lageitina. \u00c1 lei\u00f0inni til \u00ed\u008dslands breyttist j\u00f3lageitin \u00ed\u00ad j\u00f3lak\u00f6tt enda voru geitur sjalds\u00e9\u00f0 sj\u00f3n \u00e1 \u00ed\u008dslandi. En vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum d\u00e6mi um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00far hei\u00f0inni tr\u00fa a\u00f0 geitur dragi vagn \u00de\u00f3rs. Kem \u00e9g \u00fe\u00e1 aftur a\u00f0 Blitzen og Donder en \u00de\u00f3r var einmitt \u00ferumugu\u00f0. \u00c9g hef ekki kanna\u00f0 hvort einhver tengsl eru \u00fearna \u00e1 milli og \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fearf alls ekki a\u00f0 vera en m\u00e9r finnst \u00feetta engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ur skemmtilegar p\u00e6lingar.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00e1 kem \u00e9g aftur a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad sem \u00e9g byrja\u00f0i \u00e1. Gefum okkur \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 j\u00f3lasveinninn fer\u00f0ist um flj\u00fagandi sle\u00f0a sem dreginn er \u00e1fram af hreind\u00fdrum og eitt \u00feeirra heiti R\u00fadolf. \u00deessi R\u00fadolf hefur \u00ed\u00ad m\u00f6rgum b\u00f3kum veri\u00f0 teikna\u00f0ur og mynda\u00f0ur me\u00f0 horn. Ef vi\u00f0 segjum a\u00f0 R\u00fadolf s\u00e9 me\u00f0 horn er mj\u00f6g \u00f3l\u00ed\u00adklegt a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 fullvaxinn og karlkyns. N\u00e1nast \u00f6ll \u00ferosku\u00f0 karlkyns hreind\u00fdr missa nefnilega horn s\u00ed\u00adn \u00ed\u00ad byrjun desember. \u00deannig a\u00f0 feiti rau\u00f0i amer\u00ed\u00adski j\u00f3lasveinninn er dreginn \u00e1fram af barnungum e\u00f0a kvenkyns hreind\u00fdrum!<\/p>\n
Me\u00f0 \u00feessum or\u00f0um \u00f3ska \u00e9g ykkur \u00f6llum gle\u00f0ilegra j\u00f3la!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Robert L. May var \u00f3sk\u00f6p venjulegur starfsma\u00f0ur \u00ed\u00ad st\u00f3rverslun \u00e1ri\u00f0 1939 \u00feegar hann samdi kv\u00e6\u00f0i sem hann kalla\u00f0i „Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer“. \u00deessi j\u00f3l var kv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 selt \u00ed\u00ad 2,5 millj\u00f3num eintaka. Millj\u00f3nir \u00ed\u00ad vi\u00f0b\u00f3tu \u00e1ttu eftir a\u00f0 f\u00e1 eintak af kv\u00e6\u00f0inu \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 var gefi\u00f0 \u00fat \u00e1 n\u00fd \u00e1ri\u00f0 1946 og enn fleiri hafa kynnst […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almennt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/eggert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}