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
Tripoli Reports!
Area of North Africa — Tripoli in Libya, Algiers, and even parts of Morocco are reporting a Merry Christmas at this time. Santa is really rolling! — Elf Ernest
Rome Reports a Merry Christmas!
Reports have now come from the Vatican and the City of Rome in Italy that Santa has been there. We’ve also heard from folks in Zurich, Bern, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Hamburg and other areas of Europe. Santa is all over the place! Meanwhile, up at the North Pole Mrs. Claus has re-started the North Pole […]
Warsaw, Paris and Helsinki Report
Santa is all over Europe at this hour and we’re getting reports faster than we can take them. Santa is once again moving very, very fast. We have heard from the cities of Warsaw in Poland, Paris in France, Helsinki in Finland and Oslo in Norway…and many other points inbetween. Your eyes should be everywhere […]
Finland Reports!
Santa has made his first stops in Europe. Reports are starting to come in from Finland, of all places and even a few places in Poland are now reporting. We expect to being from major cities soon. Hang on to your hat, folks. It is about to go by very quickly. Meanwhile, up at the […]
Santa Stops in Bethlehem, Jerusalem with Mrs. Claus
Every year Santa pauses for a bit in Israel to visit the birth place of Jesus. This year he also stopped for a while in Jerusalem, where he met with Mrs. Claus to visit the Garden Tomb. “Mrs. Claus has long told me she wanted to visit these places with me, especially on Christmas,” Santa […]
Santa Races Through Africa
Santa has shot up north, covering the heart of Africa in record time. Across the plains of Africa, into Congo and Chad, through the troubled city of Cairo and up towards Israel Santa has flown with almost reckless speed. Santa has a lot of ground to cover in Europe and Western Africa in just the […]
South Africa Reports a Merry Christmas
Santa is keeping his focus on Africa at this time. My guess is that he’s trying to keep his A-team out of the heat of the southern areas so he’s going to push his B-team for a little while longer. Expect Santa to head north very soon. Reports from Elf Hugo are coming in too. […]
Madagascar Reports!
Santa has blazed south into Africa for the first time, covering eastern coastal cities and Madagascar. He continues to keep a terrifically fast pace. Elf Billy tells me that Elf Hugo has been sent to fetch the A-Team of Santa’s reindeer from where Santa left them hours ago to rest. Elf Hugo will be picking […]
Santa Blitzes the Middle East
We’ve got reports coming in from all over the Middle East. Oman, Dubai, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Baghdad — cities, towns and entire countries are all reporting Santa’s visits. “We’ve got another new record!” Elf Quinton exclaimed. “Santa is moving faster than ever!” This is not unusual at this stage of Santa’s flight. In fact, many […]
Santa Visits Moscow
Santa headed back north and now we’re receiving reports from Moscow. Folks seem to be very happy there. Santa is working at a blistering pace. It is at this point every year where he seems to be everywhere at once. We wonder if Santa will be able to do that as well this year while […]
Instanbul Reports
Santa is back in his homeland of Turkey. The cities of Instanbul and Ankara have reported in the past little while that Santa has been there. From here Santa has a number of options. He can head into northern Europe or down into Africa. It will be interesting to see what he does. — Elf […]



