The Final Phase of Operation Merry Christmas Begins
The final phase of Operation Merry Christmas – the delivery phase – kicked off at midnight in the atrium at Santa’s Workshop.
Santa’s Workshop is maybe the biggest building at the North Pole. It is huge. It has a slanted roof on every side, due to the heavy snowfall at the North Pole. In the dead center of the building is a glass spire that rises nearly 150 feet above the rest of the building. The glass allows light to come into the building from the outside.
At night, the glass spire is all lit up. It’s like a beacon that all at the North Pole can see. From the inside, the glass spire is in what we call the atrium. We can see outside of it to the stars when the weather is clear.
Every day after Thanksgiving we gather in the atrium, where at the very top of it is placed a giant six-sided countdown clock that sparkles. It shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds until Santa’s launch – just like the countdown clock on all official North Pole websites.
Santa, Mrs. Claus, Elf Ernest, Elf Roger, Elf Bernard and several other senior elves are there at the midnight hour, after all the festivities of Thanksgiving are completed.
Santa says a few words, and presses a button. Music filles the atrium – “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” – played by dozens of shiny, tuned bells. It’s beautiful.
When that button is pressed the final phase – the delivery phase – of Operation Merry Christmas begins.
Tonight all that happened, and then Santa excused himself, headed quickly over to the sleigh port and took off into the snowy skies to once again head out to visit the children of the world.
It’s time. Later today, and over the course of the time until Santa launches, we tell the story of this year’s Operation Merry Christmas. We hope you check in with us daily.
For more information about the kick off of Operation Merry Christmas tonight, please listen to the North Pole Radio News report in the player above.
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Thank you, Elf Harold! I hope all of you had a happy, fantastic Thanksgiving with Santa. Operation Merry Christmas’s final phase will start soon! I’m getting so excited about it. All of the elves will be excited and productive to achieve the goal! I pray for Santa to be safe! Thank you all for everything! I’m so delighted to work together for Santa! Merry Christmas, and stay safe! XD
I’m excited!!
I Can’t wait till operation Merry Christmas starts 🥳.
Looking foward to Santa’s launch!
Thanks you Santa
It’s the last stage of operation Merry Christmas is it a relief Christmas is almost here.
This is getting so exciting! Can’t wait until Santa launches for Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Thanks for the update. SO excited for Christmas!