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The History Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
![In 1939, Montgomery Ward in Chicago asked one of its admen to write a story for the department store's own children's book.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e972c6f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/891x668+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2015%2F12%2F25%2Frudolph_toned_001-5babe4db1745578f58848cfca4a10d15bb4b3d1c.jpg)
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