There was his nose, to begin with. In the first version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” it glowed “like the eyes of a cat,” and Rudolph’s friends nicknamed him Ruddy because of it.

The tale of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived in a home in Chicago, but born on a printing press at the corner of Sixth and Massachusetts streets here in Lawrence. Set in the style of ...

The beloved American children's classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was published in 1939 by the Montgomery Ward department store. So it's tempting to think of it—like Campbell's Green Bean ...