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Ruby the Reindeer

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Welcome to the world of the classic stop-motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer—except this year, the North Pole has gone full matriarchy, reorganized, color-coded, and scheduled with military precision. After last year’s fiasco, Santa finally admitted he might be “just a teensy bit incompetent” (his exact words, right before Mrs. Claus took away his sleigh keys and put him on sugar-cookie probation). Everyone on the nice list got coal, half the naughty list walked away with gift cards, and Rudolph… well, Rudolph led the sleigh straight into the side of the toy-testing building. Present shrapnel everywhere. The Candy Cane Police had to be called in. It was a whole thing.
So this year? The reins—literally—have been handed over to the women. Mrs. Claus is running the entire operation like a peppermint-scented general, the elf ladies have instituted mandatory competence, and Ruby, the red-nosed reindeer herself, is taking the lead. Ruby has had enough of her brother’s chaotic navigation style (“The roof came outta nowhere!” he still insists). Her nose doesn’t just glow—it beams like a high-powered runway light, visible from space, calibrated to shine through blizzards, snowstorms, and even Santa’s questionable decision-making.
Ruby may be half the size of her big brother, but she’s twice the confidence, three times the brains, and five times less likely to steer a magical sleigh into a building. She’s been training all year for this moment—agility drills, precision landings, anti-chaos protocols. She even developed a “No, We Are Not Doing It Rudolph’s Way” checklist. With Ruby at the helm, Christmas might actually run on time, on-target, and without emergency ornament removal teams.
So buckle up. The future is bright—literally. Ruby’s nose could guide a plane, a ship, or maybe even Santa himself to a moderately competent holiday season.