“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was originally written by staff copywriter Robert L. May as a promotional Christmas poem for Montgomery Ward, one of the 20th century’s largest mail-order retailers.
Rudolph origins
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was originally written by staff copywriter Robert L. May as a promotional Christmas poem for Montgomery Ward, one of the 20th century’s largest mail-order retailers.