After a final walk around the sleigh, Santa climbed in and gave the reins a gentle tug. The reindeer started off running slowly but quickly gained speed and lifted off. Santa steered the sleigh to the left and waved down to the cheering crowd below. Then after two complete laps of the North Pole he […]
This news that Santa was up has unleashed a stampede to the Sleigh Barn. Folks are crowded all around inside the barn, up in the loft and around the perimeter of the building. It is a large building, capable of holding several hundred reindeer and several sleighs but at this hour it is filling with […]
Elf Victor just called to say that he just got off the phone with Santa. He’s awake and he wants the reindeer to get up and get ready. The Tracking Center is relieved to hear this news. The workshop and the wrapping department are not — both are continuing to work at this time and […]
Elf Billy’s weather forecast was accurate: the blizzard warning for the North Pole predicted it would hit at this hour, more than 60 minutes after Santa was scheduled to leave. But Santa is still here on the ground and if he takes off in the next few hours he’s going to have do it in […]
The Tracking Department has just issued another bed time warning: New Zealanders should be getting to bed! It is approaching late evening in New Zealand. It will be Christmas morning there in just a few hours and I calculate that most kids there will be getting up in about six or seven hours from now […]
In a sign that Santa Claus must be close to launching the sleigh we just received word that Santa’s Tracking Department has issued the first bedtime warning of Operation Merry Christmas 2011. According to this data release from the tracking center, kids in the deep south pacific and in Antartica near the South Pole are […]
At this point we would usually be talking about Santa’s final inspection of the sleigh before taking off. But since there’s been a delay we have the opportunity to tell you a little more detail about the preparation for the sleigh. Each year a new sleigh is used and with the new sleigh always comes […]
A cheer went up at Santa’s Workshop and in the Wrapping Department when the announcement went over the loudspeak that Santa would delay his launch. Elf Bernard calls the delay “a blessing” as he kept the Workshop busy. The Wrapping Department, as Elf Wally says, can only work as fast as the Workshop puts it […]
Santa just called. He said he was still in bed and looking forward to sleeping just a little bit longer. He said that since testing out the new sleigh he doesn’t have to leave as early as he has in years past. In fact, he’s afraid of getting bored because this year’s sleigh is so […]
