A report from 2003 found that male reindeer have already shed their antlers by December. Female reindeer keep theirs through the season. This means the iconic antlered team pulling Santa’s ...

Science says that’s almost definitely not true. Males only start recovering their antlers in the spring, and as Santa’s reindeer all have antlers, that kind of points towards females.

But viral posts claim all of Santa’s reindeer are actually female because male reindeer lose their antlers in the winter. Some people online also claim real reindeer can have red noses like ...