BBC News recently interviewed a Reindeer caretaker in England, and here's the interview and the video to get you in the Christmas spirit. The Wildlife Park is in Herne Bay, located far to the southeast of London, England, and just north of Canterbury.
Reindeer: The truth behind everyone’s favorite Christmas animal
The reindeer is our favorite Christmas animal - but how much that we hear about it in festive stories is true?
Well, despite what Hollywood says - they don't like carrots, and only the female reindeer have antlers during the winter months. Males drop their antlers in the fall.
But Sally Holt, who has looked after reindeer for seven years, says we can learn a lot from the animal if we look beyond the myths.
"They are quite inspiring," said Sally, who works at Wildwood, an animal park near Canterbury, Kent.
"You feel protected by them. They are herd animals that look after each other, and you do feel part of that when you go into the enclosure."
Video Journalist: Stuart Maisner
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Here's another story from Kent Online about the same park that welcomed new Reindeer in 2020:
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