Wish we had good news to report here but we don’t: the weather here at the North Pole has gone from awful to just plain worse. If Santa has to launch in a few hours he will have to do it with his eyes closed because he will see just as much that way. In […]
If you have joined us in tracking Santa the past few years you know the history between Santa and the government of North Korea. They always either protest the flight of Santa in that country or try to disrupt him in some way. So far, not a peep from the North Koreans. The test flight […]
One of the biggest Christmas traditions in many countries of Central America is Church. While most parts of the world attend Church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in Central America many places have special Church events that run for 10 days leading up to Christmas. It is a happy time, one of festive music […]
Large parts of Russia are waking up to Christmas Eve morning. Santa remains very popular in that part of the world. Meanwhile, it is not too far from being dark in the far South Pacific, an area of the world that traditionally sees Santa first on his delviery schedule. And in the Americas kids are […]
It’s a “all hands on deck” moment in Santa’s workshop. With Santa’s launch just hours away every effort is being made to get everything done in time. The weather outside is weighing on the minds of many in the workshop too. “We have reindeer now that can shuttle last minute and even late stuff to […]
Elf Hank reports that the sugar cookie pool is still tilting against Santa. Again, he expresses no surprise by this and predicts it will turn in Santa’s favor after he launches. The sugar cookie pool is stationed in the lunchroom at the North Pole and as elves take breaks they stop by the table to […]
There are few days like this at the North Pole. It is just pure chaos right now. Elf Hugo tells me that millions of emails, faxes, messages, letters and even texts are coming into the North Pole at this hour from around the world. His job is to handle all of them and to make […]
A traditional signal has been sent from the Tracking Center to official spotters located around the world — it calls them to attention and to begin a routine checking communications and making sure all is in readiness to track Santa. There is a process these teams have to follow. By checking in their ensure all […]
A big meeting is taking place in the tracking center right now. Santa is not there because he is still taking a nap. But he doesn’t need to be there. This meeting is all about how the North Pole will manage the tracking of Santa’s flight. Santa tends to go his own way. There is […]
Santa’s sleigh has returned to the North Pole, a test flight having been successfully run around the world. Elf Vernon reports that the sleigh is not only flight worthy but that it could make history tonight. He said it looks like an old design and one would think it was slow but he says Santa […]
South America is getting ready to track and greet Santa as part of their traditions and nothing is bigger in Rio de Janiero than when boats pack the harbor and folks look up into a starry summer sky there looking for Santa to fly by. We’re told that hundred and hundreds of boats are already […]
Distant corners of the world — such as in Mongolia — are reporting in at this hour as Christmas Eve dawns in Central Asia. Some of these areas of the world are more sparsely populated and Santa tends to move through them quickly. But don’t let that lead you to believe that Santa isn’t popular […]
