About Elf Harold Star
Elf Harold Star is a veteran news reporter and editor formerly with the North Pole Gazette. He has reported North Pole News for more than 50 years. His new assignment here at SantaTrackers.net will be to help the elf community online to develop their own news publication. Elf Harold lives at the North Pole with his wife, 4 cats and 3 very scared goldfish.
Entries by Elf Harold Star
Version #6 of Santa’s Sleigh Ordered
A new version of Santa’s sleigh – and likely the last version of this season – has been ordered to deploy to Sector 5 for testing. The latest version of the sleigh will begin test flights on December 10th. A press conference was held today at North Pole Flight Command about Santa’s sleigh. It was […]15 Days to Santa’s Launch
Santa’s launch from the North Pole happens in just 15 days. This is the point in the season when many people discover that our countdown clock does NOT countdown to Christmas. That’s because Santa launches well before Christmas. He leaves the North Pole just before Christmas Eve dawns in Sector 1. For folks in Sector […]Santa Wants More Tracker Elves
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North Pole Flight Command announced yesterday that as part of the Kringle Plan Santa wants to increase tracker elves who track Santa for Santa by 5 million. North Pole Flight Command said Santa wants 3 million of those in Sector 5 alone. Sector 5 is Central and North America. The tracker elf program – run […]
Test Flights Shift to Sector 5
North Pole Flight Command is directing the next phase of test flights of Santa’s Sleigh to Sector 5. Elf Buck Sanchez, flight director at the North Pole, said the nature of the test flights have changed due to recent changes in Santa’s flight plan specifically for Sector 5. With Santa’s workshop in crisis and behind […]More Tracker Elves Needed
After long discussions with Santa, Elf Roger Star, director of North Pole Flight Command, has informed the Tracking Department of the immediate need for 5 million more tracker elves to track Santa for Santa. “That sounds like a lot but it really isn’t at this time of the year.” Elf Roger Star, who previously served […]5000 Reindeer Activated
North Pole Flight Command today activated 5000 more reindeer, bringing the total of reindeer placed into service during the first week of December to 7000. The reindeer were activated to help move gifts, presents, toys and surprises made by Santa’s workshop to strategic locations around the world so they can later be loaded on to […]Huge Increase in Sleighs and Reindeer
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North Pole Flight Command today announced yet another big increase in the number of reindeer assigned to active service. 5000 more reindeer were activated today, bringing the total to 7,000 put into service in the first week of December alone. “This is normally a time of rest and exercise for reindeer in advance of Christmas […]
Sleigh Department Quickly Building More Sleighs
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There are more sleighs at the North Pole than any other place on earth. The Sleigh Department is rushing to build even more of them. You can thank the crisis in Santa’s workshop for making it necessary. Last Christmas Eve, more than 60,000 reindeer were used on Christmas Eve to move gifts, supplies, elves and […]
Santa’s List Day at the North Pole
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It is Santa’s list day at the North Pole. That has nothing to do with a naughty or nice list but everything to do with YOUR list for Santa. Nearly two months ago the North Pole Post Office launched Operation Toy Shop, a reminder campaign for believers to get their wish lists into Santa as […]
1500 More Reindeer Activated
North Pole Flight Command has notified the Reindeer Operations Department of their intention to activate 1500 more reindeer as soon as today. This brings the total of reindeer activated this week to 2000. Never in the history of the North Pole have so many reindeer been called up this early in Operation Merry Christmas. This […]Santa’s Workshop is 33 Days Behind
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The Workshop Crisis Management Task Force reports today that Santa’s workshop is 33 days behind with 19 days remaining until Santa’s launch. North Pole Flight Command started shuttle operations this week with 500 reindeer pressed into service. They are shipping completed and wrapped presents from the North Pole to staging areas set up in strategic […]



