15 Playful Instagram Captions for Every Picture of a Holiday Reindeer

If there's one furry animal most associated with Christmas and the holiday season, it has to be reindeer.

Not only do their thick coats make them perfectly suited to the snowy winter weather, but according to legend, they're also responsible for taking to the skies and pulling Santa's sleigh around the world every year, allowing him to deliver his presents before Christmas day. Basically, they're majestic winter creatures, and if you're hanging out with some reindeer this season, we think you should commemorate the event with one of the quotes below as your next Instagram caption.

For a full herd of deer:

"You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen…"

-"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Johnny Marks

 

For preferring animals over folks:

"Reindeers are better than people."

-"Reindeers Are Better Than People," Kristoff

 

For wanting to share some trivia:

"Did you know Santa's reindeer are females? The males shed their antlers before Christmas."

 

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For paying your respects to a majestic creature:

"Reindeer: Christmas's unsung heroes."

(via Unsplash)

 

For when the reindeer are outshining you on Christmas:

"I'm angrier than all eight other reindeer put together."

-"Rhyme or Reason," Eminem

 

For getting cash for the holiday:

"I make it reindeer 'cause I'm all about my bucks."

-"Faded," Tyga

 

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For celebrated a red-nosed reindeer:

"Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

-"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Johnny Marks

 

For not looking a gift horse in the mouth:

"Do not examine the reindeer given by the rich man lest you find it to be without horns."

-Finnish proverb

(via Unsplash)

 

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For planning to head to bed early on Christmas:

"I won't even stay awake to hear those magic reindeer click."

-"All I Want for Christmas Is You," Mariah Carey

 

For the reindeer with its feet firmly planting on the ground:

"And every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly."

-"The Christmas Song," Nat King Cole

 

For wanting to say something silly:

"Grandma got run over by a reindeer walking home from our house Christmas Eve."

-"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," Elmo & Patsy

 

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For capturing the family festivities:

"Playing our reindeer games."

(via Unsplash)

 

For catching a glimpse of those aerial reindeer:

"Like reindeer in the sky, you can fly, you can fly, you can fly!"

-"You Can Fly," Peter Pan

 

For when the reindeer are hauling it:

"Top speed: 50 miles per hour."

 

For spotting surprise reindeer:

"Oh, deer."

 

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