SQL Kiwi (12/25/2011)
Interesting - I cheated, obviously, and found there are nine, but it appears eight is also right:
Add to the above
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20111225/OPINION02/112250319
in late 1939, when the original story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written for Montgomery Ward, by Robert L. May.
An advertising gimix - sorry to say but traditionally it was and to many of us still 8 ... that is EIGHT