Short of staying up all night watching the sky on Christmas Eve, the place to see live reindeer will be Southern Ocean Animal Hospital in Tuckerton on Saturday, Dec. 15. The veterinary hospital’s dentist, Mark Sopko, owns two of the seven licensed reindeer in New Jersey.
Thunder and Jingles live on Sopko’s Central Jersey farm in Flagtown, but this time of year they are prancing to events, parades and occasional private parties with Sopko’s Reindeer Magic and Miracles.
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