Nap time is officially over for Santa and the reindeer. Just like the sleigh they now go through their own preparations for flight. For the reindeer it is like watching great athletes get ready to compete. They stretch. They concentrate. Elf Victor keeps their space very quiet and tends to them individually. Santa, on the […]
With Santa’s launch just a couple of hours away all the finishing touches are being put on the sleigh now. And that includes a fresh wax job. “Santa is very picky about his vehicles,” says Elf Hubert, an elf tasked with getting the sleigh ready. “He always wants it clean and shiny — and fast. […]
It is officially December 24th in parts of South America and the Carribean — and the day has dawned now for many in Europe. Expect a lot of reports coming out of Europe this year. We have more trackers there this year than ever in history. We can also expect a lot of mail from […]
High winds continue to pester the North Pole and it is starting to affect the stability of power at the North Pole. But don’t worry about electricity for us — we have backup generators to use if we need them. Still, it speaks to how strong this storm is and how dangerous things are outside. […]
Kids in the South Pacific have reached out to the North Pole to request a bed time warning right now. It is early evening there — and we mean, VERY early evening. It may be only 6pm in some parts of the South Pacific at this hour. That’s too early to go to bed. Nobody […]
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 […]
