Claim: The character 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' was created by a father to bring comfort to his daughter as her mother was dying of cancer.
Fact-check: Is This the Origin Story of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Mikkelson
Date published: 2013-12-16T12:00:00