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Caption Contest Photo #4
Amy
We saved Grandma from being run over by a reindeer!
Donna
He started it! It was self defense!
Lynn
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Michael Andersen
We’ve got 99 problems but Rudolph ain’t 1!
Christine
“Leave the gun, keep the cannoli.”
Von
You’re the winner in my book, Christine. It made me laugh out loud.
Hope
It just….exploded! As you can see, we’re still quite traumatized.
Juls
Um, it’s a REINDEER GAME! Yeah, that’s it – it’s a *game*. OK, Rudolph, your turn. Rudy….? Buddy…?
Kat
Double Trouble!! Rudolf didn’t have a chance!
Kasey W
We thought it was Dasher, Dancer, DINNER, and Blitzen! Our mistake…..sorry.
Melissa May
We wanted to help Santa, so Rudolph had to go
Michelle
We thought Santa might need more fluff for his beard!
Andrea Storey
Look! We captured the missing Reindeer in Whinlatter!
Wendy McGrew
Look- it’s filled with cotton candy
Mandi
“We did more than laugh and call Rudolph names…”
sweetkeet
Uh oh… we sure knocked the stuffing out of that guy! When Mom comes home, she’ll knock the stuffing out of us!
Cristina
– It wasn’t us. The perpetrator went THAT way.
Katie
This is why Santa skips our house
Katie
We thought reindeer were full of magic, not white fluff
Katie
We though reindeer were full of magic, we got jipped!
Leslin
We want to ride Santa’s sleigh this year!!
Rena
All right folks; stand back, clear the area, this is a crime scene now.
Anni
Santa, I told you I wanted to pull your sleigh this year!
Julie
Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Debra Jo
Santa… We’ve got Rudolph!!!
or:
Rudolph – 0 Dogs – 2
Halle R.
We were next in line for the sleigh
Mimi
We’re sorry Santa, we didn’t know he was your favorite reindeer!
Stacey
Trying to take Rudolph’s place. ‘Where’s my red nose’
Laura
In our defense…Rudolf was being a jerk. Sorry, not sorry.
JF
We aren’t sorry, the Elf is next
Tia
They USE to laugh and call him names …
Jessi
Dear Santa – You’re next.
Danika Cormier
We will never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games…Ever!
Karen Dickinson
No more coal or Blitzen’s next.
Jodi
hum no caramel nugget filling
Lynne Webster
Oops I didn’t realise you had a cold – I thought you said it was “Rudolph the dead nose reindeer”!
Jackie
We get to pull sleigh now, right? SLEIGH RIDE!
Destini Pursley
Oh no Santa is real!! Hurry hide rudolph!!
AMR
See? We can share-I get the outside, and he gets the inside!
Barb Tracy
Remember in our Christmas letter to tell Santa how we’ve been extra good this year!!
Barbara
I swear there were 9 of them – we grabbed this one, but the others got away. Sorry.
Caroline
He wouldn’t let us play any reindeer games…
Megan
We are sorry we failed you Rudolph. We tried to save you but the other Reindeer took their bullying way to far. This is a sad day indeed.
Michael Zellweger
“And this reindeer came down the chimney over there. At first, they were just laughing and calling him names – then things got ugly…”
Susanne
We are gathered here today to honor the life and memory of Rudy. Death has come to him as it does to all our beloved stuffed friends.
Connie Szumski
Ohhh….that……was’nt……my………toy…….oops!
Tea
Does this mean we’re on the naughty list?
Jenny
We thought Reindeer Games were more like the Hunger Games.
Elle
You said let it snow, so … we made snow.
Emily R.
Down in history.
Nailed it!
steve624
Hey cat! You’re going to be in big trouble when Mom gets home!
angie
I hope the elf on the shelf wasn’t looking….Umm… Let’s go get him too! NOT SORRY!!
Kim M.
The Elf on the Shelf did it. We tried to stop him, but he over powered us.
Marianna Cooney
How were we supposed to know he only could play reindeer games…sheesh!
LKZ
Our next victim is over there… So not sorry…
Jennifer K.
We ate Rudolf because that fat man ate our cookies!
Elizabeth Dearborn
His nose was too shiny and he was always bragging about being Santa’s favorite! Sorry we’re not sorry!
Aurelia Hoft-March
We are the Grinches who stole Christmas. Not sorry…ok, a little sorry.
Jennifer Martin
Dear Santa: Rudolph is sick. Can we take his place?
Varsha Venkatesh
Bah, humbug!
psudrozz
He was going to tell santa to put you on the “naughty” list. You’re welcome.
Danielle Howell
HIs nose was too bright! We were just trying to turn it off.
j.
We saw mommy kissing Santa Claus – so we took out his GPS system! He won’t be able to find his way back to do THAT again!
Kimberly Sellers
Next time you’ll let us join in your reindeer games
Tara Cheeseman
Just because his nose glows, he just didn’t fit in!
Alison Rocheleau
We were thinking reindeer instead of a turkey this year.
Rhonda Pascual
Santa isn’t gonna be happy about this. Bad idea.
Shannon
The elves can put him together again, right?
The Brussels Cook(er)
“At least the nose is still there – aren’t we good?”
Josh
Some say there’s no such thing as Santa, but after we ate Rudolph; we believe…
Diane
Rudolph the red nose reindeer, had a very tasty leg …
Josh
Santa wouldn’t pull over so we shot out his front reindeer
Josh
I chase cars and never catch them, but I chased a sleigh and came oooh so close
Josh
Tell the rest of the reindeer that this is how we treat your pagan holiday traditions in Amish Country.
Caroline
We jingled the bells right out of him, Merry Woofmas!
Lisa H
Oh man are we in trouble! “We”? I had nothing to do with this.
k.rosiny.
…so then i says to the the cat,….i says,….’NO!DON’T DO IT!’….yeah.yeah.that’s what he say’s…..
Maris
Who was that masked man???
Terry Soszynski
Do you hear Santa coming??? Hurry, he checked the list once…hide it so he can’t check it again!
Tracy
What, we were dreaming of a white Christmas.
Brielle Munsch
Santa Claws is a scary cat!
Chris Coughlan
Now look what you did to Rudolph! Hope you can pull a sleigh!
Ana
just exploded in front of us… we tried to save her…we’re sad, very sad…
Ana
no, there’s no reindeer here…
Ruth Rowand
Rudolph! Now you did it, Santa will never find our house.
Ana
…and this is how we found him, mom. Honest….
Tammy
He ran over grandma. We beat the stuffing out of him!
Katie
No more reindeer games.
Mallorie
Just remember mom: the song said he HAD a very shiny nose…
Debbie Milteer
Rudolph got run over by a reindeer, walking home from our house Christmas Eve,
Rachel Weise
One down, seven more reindeer to go.
jerry
dude here comes santa quick hide the dead reindeer and pretend he stuffing is snow or we aint gonna get any presents
Gayle C
On the second day of Xmas my true love gave to me…..2 rudolph murdering Boston Terriers
Arielle
I just wanted to see if it really is what’s inside that counts. Nope.
Faye
We thought you said you wanted “stuffing” with dinner;)
D.Jo
Thanks for making us gingerbread cookies..but they didn’t taste too good 🙂
Deborah Russell
Olive, the other reindeer, paid us a lot milkbones to make sure she gets a chance to lead Santa’s sleigh.
Meg
We finally the scoundrel who tries to break in every year! You’re welcome!
CJ Riley
He made fun of her underbite. I had to defend her honor. Just bein’ chivalrous, thank you.
Ashley Jensen
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…so we put him out of his misery.
bethivy103
It was looking at us funny…
katie
We killed Rudolph. Christmas is cancelled.
Kelly
Rudolph won’t be guiding any sleigh tonight!
Kathleen Pierre
Up on the rooftop there arose such a clatter… we just didn’t want him to wake you up!
Littlewolf
Rudolph’s nose is red. So are our faces. We’re sorry.
madisonpage
“Now you really have done it Brutus! What are we going to do with this body of evidence?!!”
Kelly Berry
“I thought you said we were supposed to bring stuffing for Christmas dinner….”
Alice
Now that escalated quickly
Victoria
Santa did it!
Mel
Rudolph lost the reindeer games.
Lisa
Blitzen did it! He went that way!!
LucysDad
He laughed and called us names…
Megan
“Rudolph got ran over by some Bostons”
dee
Quick! Call 911, the cat has been at it again!
Jaime
Run Rudolph Run
Ana V.
“He did it!” ——>
Kimberley
“It was all here in black and white!! I promise!”
jkimmelf
“Rudolph had it coming…”
“I tried to stop him, but he threw the squeeker and who can resist a squeeker?!”
Annie
Dashing through the — No.
Emily Douglass (@emeebird)
“We wanted to help the Grinch steal Christmas.”
Patty Goczalk
“Nose so bright”??? Don’t think so.
Jace
The other reindeer might have laughed and called him names, but WE did the real dirty work.
Ellen
You didn’t share any stuffing at Thanksgiving, so we decided to find our own for Christmas!
ohmom
Reindeer games gone bad! Real bad!
Maisy's Mom
♪♪♪♪ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose and if you ever saw it, you would chew him full of holes! ♪♪♪♪♪
Jamie Lewis
He Squeaked at us funny… and his nose glowed
Kaylan
Oh deer…
LEO
Wait. What do you mean Santa is always watching?
susan doyle
Santa’s gonna need someone else to guide his sleigh Christmas eve night!
Cara
The land of lost toys
Amanda
“Uh oh! Now who will guide Santa’s sleigh?”
“Not me!”
Amber Cameron
Rudolph went down in history.
Kris
“you asked us to make the stuffing!”
Rachel W.
Great Jimmy…now I have to work Christmas. Get a shovel…
Nicole F.
“Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever.”
bswnjax@comcast.net
Dear Santa,
We can explain……
Karen Hinz
Dude we are so gettin’ coal for Christmas
Sarah
We ate Dasher and Dancer, chewed up Prancer and Vixen,
destroyed Comet and Cupid, annihilated Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall?
The tastiest reindeer of all?????
Roan Harris
Oh deer, I’ve been naughty
Paul
Oh deer!
Chris
Does anyone know CPR?
Jen K.
We killed Rudolph, now Christmas is cancelled!!!
Tammy McBride
Uh, we’re not comfortable with flying reindeer…we saw that nose and it glowed! Not anymore…ha ha ha!
Beth
Guess Santa can’t fly with Rudolph in ICU…looks like we get ALL the presents on his sleigh!!
Katie
We saved you from the red nosed intruder!
Ochie D
Quick, look away from the camera! Santa won’t think we killed Rudy!
Colette Foster
“The neighbor’s dog…….you know the one, we think his name is “Not Me”, Yeah, well, he was over this afternoon…..We, we tried to stop him……he was too fast and too quick for us…….”
Chris
Kinda gives a new meaning to “Run, run Rudolph” doesn’t it?
Jenny Smith
It wasn’t us! The green dog did it!!
joan
Oh crap!! Santa ain’t gonna stop here now!!!
Jackie Kennedy
We took teaching Rudolph to play dead too literally.
Stacey Tobey
Take that with your reindeer games!
Brenna Lile
“Hurry, hide the body with the others!”
REINDEER HIT LIST
Dasher X
Dancer X
Prancer X
Vixen X
Comet X
Cupid X
Donner X
Blitzen X
Rudolph …..
Ashlie
Dont worry we got him Grandma!
Jessica Sutton
We got Rudolph…no need to worry about fat men in suits coming in the middle of the night…
Linda Graber
Grandma’s pups got revenge on Santa’s rain deer for running her over.
Cassie
Rudolph had it coming.
Helen
What? You said he was going down
Erin
We sent Rudolph to the Island of Misfit Toys
Katie Colunga
But MOM…..you kept singing that he ran over Grandma……so we umm took care of him for you.
Tracie Hampton
“There’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.”
Lauren Wegrzynowicz Zluchowski
Listen. The cat did it..we don’t know nuthin
Tara
Definitely on the “Naughty List!”
Bethany
Give us the cookies, or Prancer is next!
Renee Catherine
Dear Santa,
Can we please have a sewing machine instead of a bone? We really didn’t know it was Rudolph until it was too late!
brittany
That creepy elf on the shelf is next
Doreen Hinton
How many times do I have to tell you??! I will NOT write a letter to Santa for you because THERE IS NO SANTA!
Nicole
Merry Christmas ya filthy animal.
Debbie
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose….HAD!!
Kim Mc
GREAT!!!! You killed Santa’s driver!! How are we going to get the new treats now, huh?? The nerve…….I’m so ashamed of you. Oh, and I am not cleaning that up!
Kelly
I’m with stupid –>
Kim
Grandma got run over by a reindeer, we took him out…
Bev
We need a new reindeer toy. This one was vegetarian.
Vicki Geist
He was chocking honest,we saved him, see what he coughed up.
Vicki Geist
Sorry spelled choking wrong!!
Mark
I ritually sacrificed Rudolph
And I chanted!
Elaine
Rudolph’s dead! We’ll guide your sleigh tonight!
Lynn
We did a Heimlich on Rudy & this is what came up. He’s, uh, resting now. Really.
Chris Clark
We need gravy with the stuffing!
Estefania
He didn’t have any Christmas spirit
Sue Ellen Nussbaum
You hide the body, I’ll take care of the stuffing.
Michelle
Its ok Mum, we caught the imposter!
Breanne p
It was the bumble, we swear!
Sarah
Rudolph the red nosed….uh oh!! He did it —->
Emery
Stay calm…no body, no naughty!
Emery
I thought you said reindeer was the other white meat. Oops
Jonglai
We were under the mistletoe… one thing led to another.. then he squeaked! It all happened so fast.
Taylor
We’re Rudolph’s replacements!
Emily
Keep moving folks… Nothing to see here.
Anika B
Rudolph was going to tell Santa Paws on us… we took care of care of him… and then mom found us before we could hide the evidence… now Christmas is never coming.
Hannah Van Pelt
He’s just…uh…showing us how to make snow angels!
Mika
“Ho! Ho! Oh…”
Shauna B.
But he wouldn’t let us play in any reindeer games!
Bett
Curly and Mo look to Larry for direction,
What to do with the evidence?
Ann brackett
Quick get the duct tape. Maybe Santa won’t notice…..
Laura Lux-Thompson
I think I sprained my paw protecting us from Rudolph…I am so ashamed
Deb
I guess this puts us on the “naughty” list.
Deb
I guess this puts us on Santa’s “Naughty” list.
Gigi
What part of “Run, run, Rudolph” didn’t you understand?
Bri
Ok, that takes care of Rudolph. On to Comet and Blitzen…
Kahlua
We are done, so done, with you little reindeer games.
katelind88
We decided Rudolph wasn’t worthy of joining our pack.
Andy
The cat did it…
Sue
The reindeer games got a little ruff!
Christa
You mean the reindeer on the roof wasn’t trying break in and steal all our toys?! He came with a gang!
Lynnea
We ate Santa’s sleigh leader! Now we are on the naughty list for sure…Unless Dasher is looking for a nose job?
Rachael
Hide the evidence!! Maybe Santa won’t notice!!
–Members of the Naughty List for life
Jessica
If we can’t pull Santa’s sleigh, no one can!
Kim
Dog 1: i ate Rudolph
Dog 2: i try to hide the evidence
Lisa Marie Krieger
It was Rudolph’s idea to play reindeer games….
Yovita Abupaulus
“Dear Santa,
We can explain… “
Alicia
Can we have Suspect #1 please step forward and turn to the left.
Bev A
We thought Rudolph ate Santa’s beard…
jackie stevens
We heard what you did to Grandma…
Bonnie
Three men in…two men out!
Lynn
“I told you just to rough him up a bit, not kill him! We can’t write a ransom note now!”
colleend
we’re from the island of misfit dogs
Jen Casey
Deck the reindeer, it’s so funny… Fa La La La La… La La La La..
Kari
I guess Rudolph doesn’t like our reindeer games!
Aaron
But, you mean to tell us this is not the game Operation?
Amanda
Yew told us dat weaindeers can fly. . You should be ashamed.
Tish R
Dear Santa: We’ve been very good. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe… ohhh crap!
Sophie
Look at that damn cat, laughing at us from behind the Christmas tree. We get blamed for everything in this house. Maybe this year the Christmas tree falls on him.
Alexa Binnion MacPherson
Another one bites the dust!
Matt
Let’s be honest, he was a little full of himself, don’t you think? What with the song and the cartoon and the lawn ornaments. We just made him a little less, ya know, FULL! You’re welcome.
Roxie
No Reindeer games allowed!
Emily r
But mom, he was a Yankees fan!
(Boston terriers)
Susan
I VOTE FOR THIS ONE — TERRIFIC!
(signed — Red Sox fan)
slmcdanold
Our reindeer games got a little rough…oops.
Mike
Ok, we know what your thinking, but he started it. You gotta stop bringing home crazy toys. We’re just glad everybody is ok…except him…
…I have to poop.
Alex C
Now Santa can never leave! You’re welcome.
Melissa
Where did that darn Elf go?!?!?!…Now they think it was our fault!
Tina
I told you the one with the red nose was up to no good. See he is filled with snow!
Sara
I need two CCs of stuffing, STAT!
Johnathan Teixeira
Hes dead Jim
Shannon
His nose didn’t glow, so we tried to change his bulb! Merry Christmas!
Ashley Anderson
“We forgot the safety word”
Jackie
He left us on the island of misfit terriers. We are not sorry.
Sabine Bauer
Bummer! You didn’t say he had eight pals!
Bonnie
We punished Rudolph because Santa only brought us soft gifts last year.
eternallygrace7
Grandma didn’t get run over by this reindeer.
Sarah S-C
Well that’s what happens when you run, run Rudolph.
T'laryth Phalyn (@eclecticsanity)
Dear Santa, Bring cookies & chewies or Prancer is next.
Robyn
1 down, 8 to go! where’s that trail mix?
Lisa Hudnall
You told us to guard the house. We thought it was a burglar, we are so sorry.
Theone
Rudolph started it, but we ended it. You’re welcome.
Kellie
That red glowing nose scared us!
Meagan
Look, if he’s actually going to fly he needed to lose some weight…
Louise Panella
You went and abandon us for hours christmas shopping and we got hungry. So we used are initiative and thought we’d have venison for lunch…instead we got fake snow. Opps! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Louise Panella
That’s no venison steak!
beth
This is gonna be bad.
Yea, real bad!
Donna Hartwiger
He wouldn’t let us join in any reindeer games, so we started our own! Who’s next?
Gina
Please don’t call PETA, we’ll get on the good list before Christmas, we promise!
Jen
We didn’t want to play his reindeer games.
Bridget
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
We blame Rudolph.
Tia
Famous reindeer? Not anymore!
Elaine
I’ve been nice, but he’s really been naughty so here’s my list.
Brenda Norris
Rudolph wouldn’t play any reindeer games with us. What a bully!
Lori
Reindeer. The other white meat.
Renee
Quick, their coming, no time to run….act natural, don’t even look at it so they won’t think we know anything about it.
Dori
We wanted to know if reindeer tasted like chicken
Andrea Hubbell
Don’t make eye contact…
breanne paquette
Do you think this will get us on the naughty list?
Lynn Armes
Who??? Us…dogs?? Ashamed?? Not!…Rudolph’s the one who’s popped…uhhhh, we mean pooped all over the place! Sorry! (Not really sorry!)
misslizzieisdizzy
The perp went thattaway!
Shazza
“Rudolph had it coming!”
sheri woods
Look out Donner and Blitzen, you’re next!
btw..loooove the sight! Good luck with the baby! Congrats!
Hannah Van Pelt
Oh Holey Night
wendy
Uh oh! Santa’s giving us the “evil eye” ’cause we knocked the stuffing out of his lead reindeer.
Diane Celesky
“I ripped open the bag of Christmas presents.”
“I pooped on the Christmas presents.”
Ashley Nicole Housenga-Clark
dog 1 :Dear Santa, I didn’t know I couldnt do that!
dog 2: Dont let him fool ya, hes been workin at his inards for a while. he knew EXACTLY what he was doin!
Susanne
Nothing to see here… just some reindeer games!
Teresa Z
Shoot! I think we left some evidence over there.
Tracy
No one messes with Boston, no one, got it reundeah?
Debbie
What reindeer? Where? Do you see any reindeer, Buddy? Lay off the “Christmas Cheer”, Ma!
Sarah S.
The Naughty List is next.
Lynnh
What do you mean … ‘Santa can’t come this year now ‘ ???
Amanda
Someone get Santa a flashlight.
Jenny Margaros
What do you mean no more reindeer games???
June
We were just playing reindeer games and Rudolph called us a name.
lauren
<-I provide the animals, its not my fault he doesn't play nice
lisa harrison
We thought he needed a nose job
Wendy Nastasi
Just playing reindeer games…….
Lisa Heinrich
Reindeer?… What reindeer?… We don’t see any reindeer.
Lisa Heinrich
Dogs that are brothers shame together.
Lisa Heinrich
Rudolf posted that we were on the naughty on his facebook page… We de-friended him. (and de-stuffed him)
Ashley
Don’t worry! We were just protecting Grandma’s everywhere!!
Cyndi
We figured out why Rudolf’s nose glowed!!!! He was filled with all this white stuff! Soooooo, we fixed it for him! Make sure to tell Santa how good and HELPFUL we have been this year. Ok, Mom. Mom? Momma? Mommy?
Lisa Heinrich
We are the Terrible Terriers!
Mihaela David
We disapproved of Rudolph’s aggressive recruitment techniques!
Bryan Roesle
Now there’s an opening on Santa’s sleigh-pulling team. Do you think he’ll notice we don’t have horns?
Raquel Queiroz
I saw on the movie TED you can always wish on a star to get it sewed back together…
Allison Leonard
His Reindeer Games were getting a bit out of control – and then when his light started glowing…. it was more than we could take
Lisa Heinrich
Christmas just EXPLODED in here!
Amanda
We set free Rudolph’s internal Abominable Snowman!
Elisa
We were playing Operation, but Rudolph’s nose just wouldn’t light up. He tragically didn’t make it through the procedure.
Louise Kaga
Pffffffffftttttt! Rudolf couldn’t handle our reindeer games!