→Subscribe for new videos every da→’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: The year was 1939; Montgomery Ward, at that time, gave away coloring books to try to get more shoppers into their stores during the holiday season. Up to this point, they simply bought these coloring books to give away. In 1939, in order to save on the price of the books, they decided to try to make their own. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/rudolf-the-red-nosed-reindeer-was-created-by-the-department-store-chain-montgomery-ward/ Sources: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/rudolph.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._May_%28Rudolph%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/trivia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/goofs http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562111/bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29