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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.
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World Reacts to Santa’s Sleigh Troubles
Elf Hugo reports a surge in concerned emails, letters, faxes, texts, and posts in the last little while with the stunning news of changes in Santa’s sleigh. We have heard from the governments of many nations. President Maduro of Venezuela has offered to send his kids to bed early. The governments of Canada, the United […]
Back Up Sleigh Pressed into Service
Official word now coming from Elf Quinton, Santa’s sleighmaster, that Santa will NOT be launching in his new sleigh this year. Instead, Santa will use the sleigh from Operation Merry Christmas 1973, a sleigh known at the time as “Mabel”. Here is Elf Quinton’s statement: “Santa Claus will launch as scheduled using a sleigh designed […]
Santa and Reindeer Wake Up from Pre-flight Naps
Santa is just getting up from a brief nap and is being told the latest news. He will be meeting shortly with elves from the tracking center, the sleigh barn and the reindeer team to catch up on new developments of Operation Merry Christmas. But first, Mrs. Claus wants him to eat a hot meal […]
Rumors of Troubles with Santa’s Sleigh Swirl About the North Pole
Elf Red Stocking over on Kringle Radio broke the story moments ago that there may be a problem with Santa’s sleigh and that it might not be ready in time for Santa’s launch. The lights are burning brightly over at the Research and Development Department, which is unusual for this late in the game. Santa […]
Santa Trackers from Around the World Reporting to the North Pole
We’re beginning to receive reports from Santa trackers around the world. These are groups who actively monitor news that we provide and news from other sources about Santa Claus who then share them with other people in different ways. They will use radio, television, email, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, YouTube, fax, text, telephone and other […]
Santa’s Workshop Still Hard at Work
In less than three hours Santa will leave the North Pole — what happens if the workshop’s work is not yet completed? It is a good question. Santa doesn’t have time to circle back to the North Pole for late work. This is part of the reason why Santa has a whole fleet of sleighs […]
North Pole Post Office Reports Record Breaking Amounts of Mail
Elf Hugo says the North Pole Post Office is handling record amounts of mail at this hour. Believers in the Far East are sending in their final wishlists and questions for Santa while kids just waking up in Europe and other places to the west are beginning their day with mail to Santa. Elf Hugo […]
Newsroom Kicks Coverage into High Gear
We have breaking news from all over the place at this hour: False reports of Santa sightings have come in from Hong Kong or stations located near there in the past hour. They are not true because Santa’s sleigh is still here at the North Pole and so is Santa Claus. It appears the false […]
North Pole Blizzard Intensifies
Weather conditions at the North Pole are worsening. The Tracking Center says south winds are sustained around 35 mph with gusts reaching as high as 80 mph. Temperatures are hovering just below freezing, which is very unusual for the North Pole at any time of the year, but with the winds it feels much colder […]
Big Question: What is the inside of Santa’s sleigh like?

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Crash is sure getting around. From taking his own first-time ever trip in a flying sleigh a short while ago to a trip to the sleigh barn to watch them prepare Santa’s sleigh for flight Crash is getting a view of Christmas few people ever do. For a few minutes they actually gave Crash a […]
Big Question: What is it like to fly in a sleigh?

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We get this question all the time: what is it like to fly in a sleigh? Thanks to all the new ways of tracking Santa we have someone who will be flying in a sleigh right behind Santa as he makes his way around the world. Elf Crash Murphy will serve as the North Pole’s […]
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