There is all kinds of new activity at the North Pole at this hour. Ever since Santa returned there is a new energy in meeting the production crisis in Santa’s workshop.

Over at Santa’s Stables Elf Quinton’s crew is pulling every old sleigh out of storage. You should see that place. It is like a museum. With Santa using a whole new sleigh every year the old sleighs are lined up in there like a car show. They never get used any more and Quinton uses a lot of time in the off-season to see that each sleigh is waxed and cared for.

“Santa told me to get them ready to fly,” Elf Quinton said. “I don’t know why. We’ve got every sleigh here from 1843 forward and Santa says he’s going to use them all. I don’t know why or how, but we’ll get them ready and put reindeer on them.”

Elf Victor likewise says that Santa talked to him too. “Yes, he told me to start hitching reindeer to these sleigh and to call him once I have about 20 sleighs ready to go. I don’t know what his plan is but something is up.”

We’ll keep you posted.

— Elf Ernest