Sleighing ‘em

Santa Claus adopts woolly thinking and takes a flight of fancy.

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4th December, 2010

For nine young Kiwi sheep, December 24 will be the biggest night of their lives. When the sun goes down, they'll rise into the air to become the first homegrown nine to pull Santa's sleigh across the skies of New Zealand. 2010 is the first year of Santa's new initiative to rest the reindeer for the remote New Zealand run, and the past few weeks until Christmas Eve are very nervous ones for nine special sheep. Of the 30-odd million sheep that auditioned for the reinsheep positions, only a precious few could even fly - the minimum qualification for the job. The rest could manage only to ...

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