Santa’s Sleigh - Pine Cranberry Hay Frankincense Myrrh

Every child has sat up at night, sitting, waiting to hear the sound of it coming to rest on their rooftop on Christmas Eve. This amazing marvel of magic, or engineering, or maybe a little bit of both, streaks across the wintery night sky, traveling across the entire world in one night, propelled by eight magic reindeer. Its Mythical Beards’ take on one of the most recognizable symbols of the Christmas season, Santa’s Sleigh: Cheerful Ride.   Santa’s Sleigh became part of the Saint Nick mythos through the 1812 Washington Irving narrative, A Complete History of New York, where he describes Santa Claus delivering presents in a wagon, without the famous reindeer. These would be added in 1821 by an anonymous author contributing a poem to a compiled children’s book, A New Year’s Present, to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve, Number III: The Children’s Friend, likely the first depiction of Santa and his sleigh being pulled by a single reindeer. Finally, Santa’s Sleigh came into its own in t