150 Days Until Santa’s Launch
North Pole Flight Command has reached the 150-day mark before Santa’s scheduled launch, with mixed sentiment among staff. Concern centers on the fourth version of Santa’s sleigh in two months of test flights and reports of slower-than-expected sleigh speed.
The regional tracking center for Sector 3 has opened, leaving only Sector 2 incomplete. That remaining center faced delays due to a typhoon near Taiwan, though its opening is expected soon.
North Pole Flight Command today marked 150 days until Santa’s launch from the North Pole with notes of both anxiety and optimism.
The anxiety was expressed over the announced next-new-version of Santa’s sleigh (the 4th in just two months of test flights).
The optimism was viewed via the news that the regional tracking center for Sector 3 opened finally.
That leaves just one regional tracking center – in Sector 2 – left to open. The rumor at Flight Command is that could be coming at any moment. The project there was thrown off of it’s timeline due to a major typhoon that passed Taiwan a few weeks ago.
The 150 day marker is usually not met with much attention. For anyone watching a countdown clock at North Pole Flight Command there is still plenty of time left on the clock.
However, the consensus among elves in-the-know is that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh are falling behind due to issues with slow sleigh speed.
For more information about these and other events happening at the North Pole, please listen to the North Pole Radio News report in the player above.
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Thanks for this report on Santa’s sleigh Elf Harold. I sure hope everything gets resolved on Daisy. I know some Elves do get a little worried about things getting behind. I guess it’s it hard not to after all the issues that went on last year. I’m sure everything will will work out and everything will be on schedule. 🙏🎄❤️
Thank you, Elf Harold! Santa’s launch is coming closer! I hope Daisy, version 4 will test great. Congratulations on RTC for Sector 3! I’m curious whether Elves Frank and Crash have ever seen the Visiting elf and the Elf on the Shelf. I haven’t yet. Are they real elves? I hope they have better manners. Happy Christmas in July! 🦌🛷🎅🗺🧑🎄