Rudolph and Santa

In 2024, Patrice, her mother and I went to the Center for Puppetry Arts to see a special exhibit which had the original Rudolph and Santa puppets from the Christmas Special.  They had their own room and were sitting in the glass case.  When we got there we had the room to ourselves and plenty of time to examine them in detail.

I think the thing that shocked me was just how small they were.  Somehow I had always imagined them being larger.  However they were quite, quite small.  Here is a video on Instagram that I took with my cell phone where you can see them in more detail.

I was so happy that to learn the story of how they were discovered and lovingly restored and also the chance to see them.

The Center is full of other puppets that are famous including a large collection of the original Muppets along with many other favorites.  They have a nice gift shop and also lots of activities for the family along with puppet shows they present of course.

If you'd like to see Rudolph and Santa they are on display again at the Center this holiday season. https://puppet.org/programs/festive-features/