246K views · 200 reactions | BEAR VS. REINDEER: A bear recently went head-to-head with this inflatable reindeer decoration in Monrovia, CA. | CBS Newspath | Facebook

RIP RUDOLPH: This bear had zero interest in playing any “reindeer games” as it tore through an inflatable decoration – unfortunately no amount of duct tape could revive him after the ferocious attack. https://fxn.ws/3H3zLox | Fox News

Twenty years ago the ancient livelihood of herding reindeer for meat and fur appeared to be declining in popularity in Lapland, the vast area of forest and tundra which spans northernmost Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia's Kola peninsula. But nowadays, just under a quarter of Finland's 4,000 herders are aged under 25, as more young people choose to stay in Lapland or to return there. | AFP News Agency