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
Delays for Sector 1 Tracking Center
Reports of Sleighs in the Skies
Sources in North Pole Flight Command have confirmed rumors that thousands of images each night are pouring in of possible sleigh sightings over Sector 5. For most of the past week the test flights of Santa’s sleigh have been over California in Sector 5. Trackers and believers have enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to scan the […]
Test Flights Over North America
North Pole Flight Command recently announced to tracker elves that flights would be visible over North America during the month of August and already reports of sleigh sightings are pouring in. “We want those flight to be seen,” said Elf Buck Sanchez, flight director at the North Pole, which is charged with coordinating the test […]
Test Flights Over Sector 5
The test flights of Santa’s sleigh will be over Sector 5 for most of the month of August, Flight Command announced today. Sector 5 covers Central and North America. To learn more about sectors, please click here. According to Flight Director Elf Buck Sanchez the aim of this announcement is to stir reports from tracker […]A Special Message for Educators
As we anticipate the calendar changing from July to August the Office of Santa Claus reminds school teachers everywhere that the North Pole is ready to support their educational efforts in preparation for the new school year. Every year the North Pole provide questions-and-answers for classes, modules on geography, history and science. If you are […]
End of Toyvember Announced
Santa Claus said in North Pole Chat on Sunday that Toyvember would end this week. Today his office issued a formal return-to-work request for all elves on Friday, August 1st. The order effectively ends Toyvember on Thursday, the last day of July. Toyvember is not a work holiday – it’s a work stoppage on all […]
New Version of the Sleigh Ordered
With the countdown to Santa’s launch now under 150 days a new phase has begun in the test flights of Santa’s sleigh. The Sleigh Department has been requested to build version #2 of the sleigh, with a fleet of 12 ordered to be manufactured. In addition, a 2nd team of test flight reindeer have been […]Test Flights Head to Sector 4
North Pole Flight Command filed flight plans today indicating that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh are headed for an extended period of flight tests over Sector 4. Sector 4 covers Greenland, the Atlantic and South America. The new regional tracking center for this sector is now operational in Christmas Island, Jamaica. The tracking map […]Sector 3 Regional Tracking Center Location Announced
North Pole Flight Command announced to a cheering crowd of flight controllers the exciting news that Sector 3, serving Europe and Africa, will have a new regional tracking center located in Christmas Island, Zimbabwe opening soon. This is just the 2nd time in history that a Regional Tracking Center has been located in Africa. “We […]Santa Declares a Surprise Toyvember
In a stunning development at the North Pole today Santa declared Toyvember effective immediately. Toyvember is an event Santa only occasionally calls. It is a time set aside for the creation of new toys. Elves are given time off of work so they can return to their home workshops, workspaces and office to think of, […]
Why Mexico Was Passed Over Again
Officials from the Department of State at North Pole Flight Command are answering tough questions from the country of Mexico who wants to know why they were once again passed over as host to a Regional Tracking Center. Last year it was widely rumored that Mexico was favored to have a Regional Tracking Center. Mexico […]


