How many reindeers does Santa Claus have? Santa Claus has 10 reindeers according to the song. >You know **Dasher** and **Dancer** and **Prancer** and **Vixen**, **Comet** and **Cupid** and **Donner** and **Blitzen**, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? **Rudolph** the Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows. **Olof** the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names