I've always considered Dasher and the gang boys. Unlike others in the deer family, both the stag and the doe have antlers. The bucks and non-pregnant does drop their antlers in the fall, while the pregnant does drop their antlers in the spring after calving. As I dug for more information, I kept coming across confusing reports referring to reindeer as caribou and vise versa. What I uncovered surprised me.
Reindeer are just domesticated caribou, and the animals themselves see no difference.
In fact, a herders nightmare is to have his reindeer hear the call of the wild and join a migrating herd of caribou. Reindeer, which have changed very little during thousands of years of domestication, are raised for meat, milk, and hides. They also are used as beasts of burden. Reindeer are able to pack up to 90 pounds and pull 450 pounds of cargo over great distances. Reindeer are well suited for the Arctic cold.