THE NORTH POLE — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is said to know the way to all of the houses, but Kyle Rudolph knew the way to the North Pole.
The Vikings tight end helped whisk patients at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital and their families away to the North Pole via “Rudy’s Red Eye” for the second straight year.
The families were transported via limo busses from the hospital to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where they boarded a jet.
After bells sounded, the group arrived at the North Pole, a winter wonderland in which they were treated to dinner and sweet treats, visited with Santa and Mrs.