Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LAKE VILLA, Ill., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The owner of a Wisconsin Christmas tree farm is the proud owner of one of Santa Claus' reindeer. The reindeer's name is Douglas, as in the fir, and he was previously owned by a Mundelein, Ill., man who had changed his name to Santa Claus, the Chicago Tribune reported. Advertisement Rich Rosko, who lives in nearby Lake Villa, owns a Christmas tree farm in Wisconsin and has three pet reindeer of his own. He met Santa seven years ago when he appeared at the stable where Rosko kept the animals. Santa wanted to buy the reindeer, but Rosko said he couldn't part with them. Instead, he referred Santa to reindeer breeders. Rosko said that was the last he heard of him until he received news this summer that the man named Santa Claus had died of a heart attack, the newspaper said. A Mundelein man had bought two of Santa's reindeer. One had died and he was looking for a home for the other. Rosko took Douglas into his herd. "We have one of Santa Claus' reindeer. I can legally, totally say that, and it would not be fabricated at all," he told the Tribune. Advertisement
