2Hi everyone!

That giant hole in the ground they have been working on must be really important.

We have just been hit with our first really big winter storm at the North Pole and crews are working out behind the Big Building with No Name keeping the earth clear of snow and ice. Around the clock they are out there with shovels, bulldozers, and snow plows constantly pushing snow to the side and keeping the deep hole free of any of the white stuff.

It is an unusual time at the North Pole. We are so very busy – busy like we usually are a week or so before Santa takes off. Everyone is rushing around.

Elf Bernard is working the workshop 24 hours a day 6 days a week. Elf Victor is working out the reindeer, there are constant training sessions and test sleighs are taking off and landing out behind Santa’s Stables at all hours of the night and day.

Santa has had some unusual meetings in odd places, this week meeting, as we told you, in Dubai of all places. Rumor has it that Mrs. Claus will be meeting with Santa in Rotterdam this weekend.

All that is very unusual.

This is going to be an interesting year for Operation Merry Christmas.

Elf Ernest