update The Tracking Department isn’t the only North Pole department deploying elves at this hour. My staff of news reporters are at this hour moving to major cities around the world to report on Operation Merry Christmas. While the world focuses on the North Pole for the next 22 hours prior to Santa’s launch we will be positioning reporters to follow Santa around the world.

Each of the updates you will read tomorrow contains confirmed information of Santa’s visits. We do receive reports from regular folks all over the world and some times we report what they tell us — especially if Santa has visited. But we rely on a staff of about 1500 reporter elves to confirm all the information we publish. The work of bringing news for Santa Update never slows down for Christmas.

— Elf Ernest
Direct from Santa’s Newsroom at the North Pole

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Estimated Time to Launch: 22 hours
Current North Pole Weather: 17 Degrees, Heavy Snow, High Winds
Command Center Status: All systems are go, all lights are green
Santa’s Status: Sleeping
Reindeer Status: Sleeping
Santa’s Workshop Status: 94% complete, still working
Santa’s Sleigh Status: 95% ready, sleigh bells being tuned
Wrapping Department Status: 40% complete, emergency contingency plans deployed
North Pole Christmas Party Readiness: 40% complete, no action right now in Mrs. Claus’ kitchen
North Pole Medical Center Report: No issues, all elves are healthy
North Pole Post Office Status: 97% complete, full staff working
Latest Secret Spy Reports: Non-believers bullying in Detroit, Michigan, USA; light rain reported in Chilean mountains; Kite flying festival scheduled in Moscow; power lines down in Reno, Nevada USA…