Today I Found Out
Why Does Rudolph have a Red Nose? (2015x194)
: 15, 2015
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The year was 1939; Montgomery Ward, at that time, gave away coloring books to try to get more shoppers into their stores during the holiday season. Up to this point, they simply bought these coloring books to give away. In 1939, in order to save on the price of the books, they decided to try to make their own.
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http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/rudolph.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._May_%28Rudolph%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/trivia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/goofs
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562111/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29