When people think of Santa’s reindeer they usually think of the nine members of Santa’s A-team. Most people don’t realize that Santa actually has thousands of reindeer that help at Christmas time. Many of these reindeer don’t live at the North Pole all year like the A-team though. They head down to areas south of […]
Now that we have heard from Elf Quinton about the sleigh for this year it’s time for another very important step in the process of getting the sleigh ready for flight: Choosing a name. After hundreds of years naming the sleigh himself Santa started a new tradition a few years ago. He started asking the […]
Elf Quinton has been unusually secretive this year with his plan for Santa’s new sleigh. So I headed over to the sleigh department early this morning to see if I could get some hints out of him. When I arrived in the shop Quinton came running over and said “I’ve been wondering when you would […]
At exactly midnight North Pole time, Santa walked into the workshop to keep alive a tradition that started centuries ago. He walked over and removed the cover from the official North Pole countdown clock and pushed the button turning the clock on for the first time since last Christmas. Santa then hit the switch to […]
With full tummies and happy hearts folks were up early today at the North Pole to get Operation Merry Christmas 2012 rolling. Over at Santa’s Stables the day began in the dark as Elf Victor roused the A-team of reindeer into an early morning flight at 3am. “Reindeer love to fly mostly at night,” Elf […]
Late last night all of the elves gathered downtown for the North Pole lighting ceremony. It was a great ceremony with elf Wally and his band The Scissors performing a selection of Christmas songs before Santa took the stage and flipped the switch to light up downtown. One elf stayed at home though and assembled […]
Early this morning before all of the preparations for the big Thanksgiving feast Santa called me over to his office to talk about his Thanksgiving message for the world this year. “Christmas is about giving” Santa told me “but it’s not about excess. The people of the world need to know that it isn’t about […]
The North Pole Lighting Contest has long been one of the fiercest competitions here at the North Pole. The serious contenders spend all year planning and building their displays. Then in the weeks leading up to the contest they spend every free minute making sure that every light bulb is in exactly the right spot […]
Hearts are merry today at the North Pole as the excitement for Thanksgiving builds. For many here nothing says “Christmas is here!” like the celebration of Thanksgiving. Tomorrow we begin year #21 of our tradition of tracking Santa Claus. If you’re new to this, we track Santa a bit differently. Every day from now until […]
