2014 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Booklet

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May knew the story would be about a reindeer and first considered naming it Rollo or Reginald before deciding on Rudolph. While sitting in his office considering how to write the story, he looked out the window to see a thick fog rolling in over Lake Michigan. As he later recalled, “Suddenly I had it!… A nose! A bright red nose that would shine through the fog like a spotlight!”

May consulted often with his four-year-old daughter Barbara as he composed the tale, changing the story to please her. He designed the story as a poem, matching the popular “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”

When shown the finished story, May’s employer asked, “Can’t you come up with anything better?” But the executive agreed to publish May’s fable of an adventurous reindeer, and customers snatched up 2.4 million copies in that first year.