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Did you know there is actually a scene from the famous “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” claymation special that was cut for time?

The original “lost” “Peppermint Mine Scene,” aired on NBC in 1964 and has not aired since.

This scene, along with a few others, was removed from the television version to make time for the Misfit Toys rescue scene, which was later filmed and added into the 1965 re-broadcast because of viewer complaints.

According to The Huffington Post – “The scene finally gives an answer as to why Cornelius kept licking his pickax throughout the special. In this deleted scene, Cornelius throws his ax in the air, lets it strike the ground and then, after licking it as he has been wont to do, declares, “Peppermint! What I’ve been searching for all my life! I’ve struck it rich. I’ve got me a peppermint mine … Wahoooo!”

Here is the scene: