Two reindeer from the North Pole will be making an appearance on The Martha Stewart Show. No, really.
"We're all pretty excited," said Oswego resident Doug Waterbury, owner of The North Pole, just north of Lake Placid. "We're kind of well known in the Christmas industry, if you will, and we really get a lot of joy out of it."
Monday morning, Donner and Blitzen will board the company's stock trailer for a very roomy ride down to the Big Apple. The trailer can hold all eight of Santa's reindeer and his sleigh, Waterbury said.
The four-legged stars will be accompanied by The North Pole's two full-time reindeer trainers, Matt Stanley and John Peck, said Waterbury, who also owns half of Sylvan Beach amusement park in Oneida County and recently purchased the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Cayuga County.
"(The reindeer) work in teams. Blitzen has a large antler rack, which we thought people would like to see, and Donner is his buddy, so they were a natural pair," he said.
The trailer will head to a downstate farm about an hour from Manhattan that Waterbury uses, he said. Early Tuesday morning, they'll head into midtown's television studios.
The show's staff hasn't told the owners of the reindeer exactly what the animals are wanted for. We'd just like to point out that the show website doesn't mention what the cooking segment of the show will be. We're just saying.
