Dec 2, 2005 5:11 pm US/Central
Holiday Trivia Question 2
(CBS)
Which department store created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
A. Sears
B. Marshall Field's
C. Montgomery Ward
D. Goldblatt's
The answer is C. The story was written by the store's advertising department in 1939 for a promotion. It gave away 2.4 million copies that year. Ten years later, the story was adapted to music by songwriter Johnny Marks, and recorded by Gene Autry.
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