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
Marshall Islands Report a Merry Christmas
Santa Claus is visiting the tiny Marshall Islands at this moment and reports there are happy indeed. The sleigh is on a northern track at this moment and it is a familiar pattern to folks who have tracked Santa before. “The map will look like it is full of zig-zags by the end of the […]
Ships at Sea Report as Santa Heads North
As expected Santa has finally turned north. We are receive reports from remote islands and ships at sea in the Pacific as Santa heads to north to cooler air, likely to give the reindeer a little bit of a breather. Santa says the reindeer are doing fine. He’s talked to them and they do not […]
Fiji Reports a Merry Christmas
Fiji is reporting a Merry Christmas at this minute. We’re hearing from cruise ships located in or near Fiji and they are wild with excitement that Santa’s sleigh has landed on-deck on at least one large white vessel with more than 3000 passengers. “Santa remembers everyone,” Elf Billy reminded me. “Even folks on vacation who […]
Tuvalu Reports Santa
As bedtime warnings come in for the Koreas Santa continues to deliver in the South Pacific at this time. We are receiving happy reports from Tuvalu that Santa has been there, as well as from other islands of the deep South Pacific. Some ships at sea are reporting that Santa can be seen flying high […]
Tonga Says Santa Has Been There
The island nation of Tonga is celebrating the visits of Santa Claus as this moments, our first reports of Santa’s presence there was confirmed by spotters just moments ago. “Santa is spending a lot of time in the Southern Hemisphere and that has me a little concerned for the reindeer,” Elf Victor told me a […]
Auckland Reports a Merry Christmas!
The report we’ve been expecting has come: New Zealand reports a Merry Christmas. Santa started here a while ago but is just now completing his rounds in New Zealand. It is summer time there, it is warm and folks have been staying up late in some parts. So Santa waited a little while to deliver […]
Christmas Island Reports!
Wow, word coming from Christmas Island, north and west of Australia, indicate that Santa has been there. Santa told us to expect the unexpected and so far his flight pattern this year has been erratic indeed. While the clock may show Christmas morning on Christmas Island technically we were not expecting Santa there so soon […]
Samoa Reports a Merry Christmas
The city of Apia in American Samoa is sending multiple reports to the North Pole that Santa has been there. Elves working on Santa’s sleigh to install the new radio said Santa was back in the sleigh almost as fast as they got the radio installed and took off in the sky heading west, confirming […]
Elf Technicians Meet Santa in New Zealand
Indicators and sensors are tripping at Central Command at the tracking center showing that Santa’s sleigh is stopped and on the ground. Elf technicians have met Santa on a beach somewhere in New Zealand. We have reports that Santa has set out on foot while they tend to some sort of work on the sleigh. […]
Santa Spotted Over the Tasman Sea
Flying low and slow, at least according to one eye witness report, Santa appears to be over the Tasman Sea at this moment. “He’s visiting the ships at sea there, I’m certain” said Elf Billy. “We have indications of fast, brief stops over ocean waters. That can only mean that Santa is seeing sailors who […]
Santa Sticks with Old Sleigh
Santa Claus is opting to keep the old sleigh in service. “Gracie”, as he is calling the sleigh this year, is functioning well and traveling quite faster than it did the last time it was used in service more than 40 years ago. Santa selected to use this sleigh just hours ago after his new […]



