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Elf Ernest is Senior Vice President of Public Relations at the North Pole. As such he oversees all North Pole websites and the News Department, which includes Kringle Radio, North Pole Radio News, SantaUpdate.com, SantaTrackers.net and NorthPoleFlightCommand.com. Ernest also oversees all official North Pole social media channels. You can read more about him at this link.
Entries by Elf Ernest
9 Months Until Christmas
Hello and guess what? There are just 9 months left until Christmas! This is a little bit of a lonely time of year at the North Pole. We don’t see as much interaction with the world during this month as we will later, but that does not mean we don’t have things going on. We […]
1 Month Until Christmas
It is just 1 month until Christmas. Can you believe it? The 24th, Christmas Eve, is just a month away. I cannot thank you enough for counting down to Christmas with us all year. Of course, it gets crazy busy from here on out. We will be updating you every day. This week of Thanksgiving […]
2 Months Until Christmas
Today marks two months until Christmas Eve and you should feel the energy here at the North Pole. As I write this Vixen is going for her 6th win in a row at the Reindeer Games. Elves Harold and Trixie have given you great recaps of the competition and the story of Vixen this year, […]
3 Months Until Christmas

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Just three months to go, friends! Just three months until Christmas! Can you believe we’re here already? The year has just flown by. For those of you just joining us for the year it has been a busy but quiet year so far. A few little things have happened but on the whole, as we […]
4 Months Until Christmas

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Hi ho, everyone, only 4 months to go! I wanted to wait until the chats today were over before posting our update. I figured Santa might say something that would be worthy of talking about. And boy, did he! Santa himself confirmed that the reindeer are coming back to the North Pole early – maybe […]
5 Months Until Christmas
Hi everyone – today marks just 5 months until Christmas. Can you believe it? Christmas in July is peaking this week and the feeling here is palpable. For those of us at the North Pole it means summer is quickly coming to a close. Vacation season for elves is over. It’s kinda funny. Last night […]
Incident at the Leon Day Parade

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We are receiving word from multiple witnesses of some sort of “incident” at the Leon Day Parade of Fools. The parade is a new tradition this year and features parade participants, floats, marching bands and other exhibitionists parading backwards, in the tradition of Leon Day activities at the North Pole. Leon is Noel spelled backwards. […]
Happy Leon Day! Six Months Until Christmas
Happy Leon Day! It is officially six months until Christmas and the North Pole is ready to celebrate by kicking off Christmas in July this week. Yes, it feels a bit silly to celebrate Christmas in July in June but this is the North Pole and we’re crazy sometimes. It begins today – the 24th […]
7 Months Until Christmas
Hi gang! Just 7 months to go until Christmas. As Elf Trixie told you earlier this week, there is a lot of reindeer and sleigh excitement at the North Pole. I’ll just add to it by saying this: The regular test flights of Santa’s sleigh – the one planned to be used on Christmas Eve […]
8 Months Until Christmas
Today marks just 8 months until Christmas Eve is and there is a lot of work to be done. And it is getting done! I know Elf Trixie has been updating you weekly but in this months update I wanted to address a lot of the questions that have been coming in to the North […]
10 Months Until Christmas
Greetings, friends. Today marks 10 months until Christmas. Like all markers on the countdown to Christmas this is a big one. 10 months to Christmas is a time when we switch gears from last Christmas to next Christmas. The past two months have been all about looking at what we did last year, what worked, […]
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