<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Clarice (in 1964 film and 2001 film) / Zoey in Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer: The Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Robbie (son in the Robbie the Reindeer films) </Td> </Tr> <P> Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as "Santa's ninth reindeer", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May . Rudolph is usually depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, though he is a young buck who has only adolescent antlers and a glowing red nose . Though he receives scrutiny for it, the luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather . </P> <P> Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store . </P>

Who came up with the idea of rudolph the red-nosed reindeer