Santa drives me across rooftop snows on Christmas Eve, yet spoken aloud, I share my sound with an ancient verb meaning to defeat a monstrous beast in battle. What vehicle am I?
A sleigh
'Sleigh' is a homophone for 'slay' (to defeat or kill in battle).
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