About Elf Ernest
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.
Entries by Elf Ernest
Cape Verde Reports a Merry Christmas
Cape Verde, of the west coast of Africa, is reporting a Merry Christmas at this time while many locations in Europe are still awaiting Santa’s visits. Santa has taken an unusual approach to Europe this year, making fast work of Switzerland and Germany and by passing other countries all together so far. We have a […]
Santa Spotted in London
Multiple reports coming from London now suggest that Santa is in the UK and making progress there. Meanwhile, anticipation is building in the U.S. and Canada as kids there are writing last minute wishlists at a record pace. Elf Hugo says the mailroom is overrun and that the volume is “just staggering”. Of course, we […]
France Welcomes Santa
Cities, towns, and villages in France are reporting a Merry Christmas at this hour. Santa is quickly moving through the countryside there as we speak. Meanwhile, Mrs. Claus has sent a message to Santa asking him if she should meet him for lunch somewhere soon. Perhaps Santa will slow down and take a break. We’ll […]
South Africa Celebrates a Merry Christmas
Santa is covering all of South Africa at this moment. We have received many happy reports of his visits there in the last few minutes. We are also learning of another group of kids in Bristol, UK conspiring to kidnap Santa Claus. These kids, unlike the ones in Cologne, appear to be believers. We think […]
Western Africa Reports a Merry Christmas
Santa is making his was through Nigeria and Ghana at this time, having pushed south out of Europe after making quick work of Germany and Switzerland. Looking forward there continues to be concerns all over North and South America. Santa is calling for more secret spies in Oshkosh, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Fargo, Rapid City, Sheridan, Casper, […]
Santa Storms Through Switzerland, Germany
Holy smokes — Santa wasn’t kidding! Cities, towns and villages all over Switzerland and Germany are reporting a Merry Christmas — in fact, the reports are coming in so fast we cannot keep up with them. Santa is making fast work of this, one of his most favorite areas of the world. Berlin, Rostock, Bremen, […]
Denmark Reports a Merry Christmas
Kids in Denmark must be very obedient — Santa is there and delivering right now! They must have been to bed on time. Santa just told me he wouldn’t be caught in France right now for all the tea in China. That’s because a lot of French kids are still not in bed and Santa […]
Rome Reports!
Santa continues to surprise: he’s now in Italy. Rome, Milan, San Marino and Palermo are all reporting Santa has been there. The bedtime warnings are dominated now by cities and countries in South America. Meanwhile, it is getting late on the US and Canadian East Coast areas and we expect bedtime warnings for them soon, […]
Congo Reports Santa
We were wrong. Santa headed south and visited Congo. Since he is in Africa trackers here are thinking that Santa will likely stay here for a while before heading into Europe. Santa is continuing to express concern over the late night many kids in Europe seem to be having tonight. That’s another reason why trackers […]
Tripoli Reports
Libya is the latest country to report visit from Santa Claus. Santa has a number of options now regarding his delivery schedule. He can go north into Europe or head south into Africa. We don’t know for sure but we’d guess that Santa wants to head north into Europe, seeing that he has spoken to […]
Greece Reports Santa’s Visits
Santa has turned west and now we have happy reports coming from Greece of his visits there. Meanwhile, about those high-level communications with the governments of Eastern Europe — we have learned that Santa is requesting “high speed” air space access in those countries mentioned earlier. Santa is planning to visit there very soon and […]



