‘Twas about 2 a.m. when deputies received word that a person or persons in a black Jeep Cherokee with one working headlight had just stolen a wicker reindeer from the King Soopers on Conifer Road. About 5 minutes later, they stopped just such a cyclopean vehicle at Barkley Road and Wolff Avenue. The 19-year-old driver explained that the wicker reindeer in the rear cargo area belonged to her mother, although she didn’t say why she was chauffeuring it around Conifer, or why her breath smelled like the barroom floor. Of the four young reindeer-nappers in the car, one went down for DUI, two were cited for underage drinking, and one got nabbed on an outstanding warrant. It may be hoped that the persecuted caribou was restored to its natural environment, whatever that may be.