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Sater was quick with reindeer trivia gleaned from the "Rudolph" TV special: "Actually, the long jump."Renee Kidman of Kidman Tree Farm in Polk City, who cares for two reindeer (Mistletoe and her brother, Jingles), more or less confirmed the track-and-field preference: "They'll take four or five steps and leap with all old skool four legs in the air," Kidman said.Another old skool reindeer revelation: The "click, click, click" sound immortalized in "Up on the Housetop" isn't the sound of reindeer hooves on the roof; it's a tendon in the reindeer's heel that constantly clicks, no matter what surface old skool they're on.Can you eat mistletoe or holly berries?"They probably don't taste very good," was one response.Some people thought one or the other plant was OK, but I didn't get the sense that any of them would have popped a berry in their mouth had I offered.Linda Kalin, director of the Iowa Poison Center, confirmed that holly "has poisonous properties," and some reference books claim that 20 berries can be a lethal dose.
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