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 […]
The test flights of Santa’s sleigh will be leaving Canadian skies, where it has only been for a few days. According to flight planners an extended run through Sector 2 in Asia is expected over the next week. “We’re excited for that,” said Elf Supervisor Clif Moyer from the newly opened Regional Tracking Center in […]A monthly report from the Accounting Office at the North Pole indicates that tracker elf activity is starting to rise and that the count of tracker elves is going up in every sector. “We’re gratified to see it,” said Elf Crash Murphy, International Director of Santa Trackers. “It’s been a busy first half of […]
Elves at the Regional Tracking Center for Sector 2 in Taiwan successfully passed all tests with North Pole Flight Command today. They are officially open for business. This was the last of the regional tracking centers to go active. All remote teams beat the deadline to be ready by August 1st . The Regional Tracking […]
In anticipation of 5000 new reindeer recruits for more than 3500 new sleighs expected to be deployed in time for Christmas the Reindeer Assignment desk at North Pole Flight Command is being expanded. Some would think reindeer assignments would be the work of the Reindeer Operations Department. It’s not. That belongs to North Pole Flight […]
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 […]
Santa Claus today authorized a new build of the radical new sleigh design proposed for use this Christmas. Sleigh designers and flight analysts have evaluated the flight performance of Clara after just 1 week in flight and already have modifications ready that would justify a new build. That would make it Version #4 of the […]
