Reindeer have become inextricably connected with Christmas thanks mainly to the old poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also with a passing nod to "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" which dates from 1939. Now they are often the centrepiece of festive displays like this one in a shop window on Bath Street. Apparently the word "flew" in the poem means to travel quickly but has now been taken to mean that Santa's reindeer actually have the power of flight. The drivers of the lorry and car in the second picture that had both skidded and blocked the road on nearby Wilmot Street may well have been wishing for flying reindeer to help extricate them from their predicament.
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