Santa has authorized the build of the 5th version of his new sleigh. The new version is code named Eunice, as reported just days ago. New sleighs have been built about every 2 to 3 weeks so far during the test flight phase. That is not surprising. What is surprising is how many of the […]
The Department of Elf Resources at the North Pole, through the all-new Visiting Elf Division, is reaching out to elves who for decades have worked as an “elf on the shelf”. “We want them to come forward,” Elf Sandy Claus, head of the Department of Elf Resources said. “We want them to self-register. We want […]
Elf Roger Star, Director of North Pole Flight Command, was the featured guest in Elf Chat today and he revealed three radical and previously unknown features of Santa’s new sleigh: 1. Silent Sleigh Bells – the regular sleigh bells of Santa’s sleigh are augmented by new technology called Silent Sleigh Bells. These bells are electronic […]
Test flights of Santa’s sleigh will shift from Sector 2 to Sector 1 in the coming days. It is expected that the Regional Tracking Center in Taiwan will get a fly-by before the flights head into Sector 1. This will be the first time this year that the test flights have been to Sector 1. […]
The test flights of Santa’s sleigh continue to struggle as they fly over Sector 2. But the tests have been productive enough that Santa has authorized the build of Version #5 of the sleigh, this one to be code named Eunice. It is expected that Eunice will be delivered in about a week. According to […]
Santa’s Workshop is reporting far ahead of their targets so far this year, according to Chief Auditor Elf Nick Winters in the Accounting Office at the North Pole. “Operation Merry Christmas has a lot of moving parts but Santa’s Workshop is one of the biggest parts, as we learned last year,” Elf Nick said. “Last […]
A class of 400 new reindeer recruits have started their training at the Kringle Reindeer Center, according to Elf Big Sled Ted, who leads the effort. About a month ago the Reindeer Operations Department enlisted in a recruiting drive to bring more than 5000 new reindeer to the North Pole. The need was spurred by […]
It is early August and it looks like early October in the Reindeer Operations Department. The stables are full, the pens are full and the Kringle Reindeer Center is overwhelmed with the number of reindeer on hand. Elf Charlie Muscle, who works the Reindeer Assignment Desk to find work for all the reindeer, says they […]
A compromise has been reached in the debate over this schedule of this year’s Reindeer Games. The matter now goes to Santa’s Executive Council for final decision. While the proposed date can not yet be shared I have it on good authority that Santa’s Executive Council will likely approve it. The issue was complicated by […]
After weeks of quiet production the Sleigh Department announced today the delivery of 300 new sleighs. That brings the total fulfilled to 350. After nearly a month since the massive order of 3500 sleighs was signed off by Santa the Sleigh Department has fulfilled 10% of that need. “That’s not nearly enough,” admitted Sleigh Department […]
Santa spent time last week test flying the latest model of Santa’s sleigh, code-named Daisy. Santa was the first to test fly Daisy. She is now on the regular test flight schedule. Santa flew from the North Pole to Belgium and then on the Taiwan. While in these locations Santa toured the new Regional Tracking […]
The Sleigh Department has delivered 32 sleighs – this one being Version #4 code-named Daisy – and test flights with those sleighs begin today. That retires Clara, Version #3, which performed for just two weeks. Test flight engineers are not singing the praises of Clara for her performance. However, they are saying that her flights […]
