Entries by Elf Ernest
Understanding Sectors
Merry Christmas, all! Over the course of the next few days you will read and hear about us talking of “sectors”. Sectors are how North Pole Flight Command has divided up the world. They represent broad groups of time zones that may have many countries included with it. Santa organizes his flight plan according to […]
One Last Test Flight of Santa’s Sleigh
It has become an annual Christmas Eve tradition — it is the final test flight of Santa’s sleigh and they are getting the sleigh ready now to take off on that journey. The sleigh, of course, has been in flight testing mode for months. The elves over at the Sleigh Barn have sent test pilots […]
Tracking Maps Go Live
Merry Greetings! North Pole Flight Command has now switched on live maps for use on various websites across the Internet, including right here on SantaUpdate.com where it will be located on our home page. TrackingSanta.net, another official site of the North Pole, will switch to the live map once Santa launches but will tracker the […]
Tracker Elves Checking In World Wide
Over at SantaTrackers.net the watch has begun. As the hours to Santa’s launch tick away tracker elves are getting organized and ready to support the effort of helping Santa get around the world. This is a fairly new innovation at the North Pole. The idea of tracking Santa FOR SANTA isn’t one the world has […]
Wrapping Department Pushes to Get Done
Happy Saturday greetings! It is an exciting time here at the North Pole as elves everywhere here are rushing to complete their duties. Over in the Wrapping Department the heat is on to get things done as early today as possible. Honestly, we will know how well Operation Merry Christmas is going if the elves […]
Confidence High as Christmas Nears
We have lots of breaking news all of a sudden. It appears this is going to be one very busy weekend. First of all, as you read earlier, the North Pole Post Office has activated Stocking Mail. Almost immediately after that announcement we saw an impressive increase of mail to the North Pole. But the […]
Tips for Contacting Santa
The North Pole Post Office today officially has activated Stocking Mail. If you don’t know what that is, please see this recent report from Elf Crash Murphy about Stocking Mail and how it works. The North Pole Post Office has done this a little earlier than anticipated because Christmas Eve falls on a Monday this […]
Maybe Blitzen is Okay
Wow, you can sure tell Christmas is just a few days away. Our report from earlier today has caused all kinds of concern about Blitzen and the status of Santa’s flight. Well, relax. On North Pole Radio News it was reported a short time ago that maybe Blitzen is okay. Take a listen: I would […]
Blitzen Under the Weather
Uh-oh. Some potentially difficult news coming from the Reindeer Barn today: now Blitzen has a cold. Last week we told you that Vixen was feeling poorly but she seems to have recovered and is feeling much better. But Blitzen is under a doctor’s care today as he ran a fever last night and slept in […]
Radio Report from Santa’s Workshop
It has really been an uneventful Christmas here at the North Pole. Yes, we have had a lot going on but it has been so worry and trouble free all season. That is kind of the same thing that Elves Frank and Crash report on with a visit to Santa’s Workshop today. Take a listen: […]
Great News from Santa’s Workshop
Happy Wednesday! There is a rumor going around Santa’s workshop and it’s a good one. With less than a week now before Christmas the news out of Santa’s workshop is nothing but positive. Production is way up and all signs point to an early completion of the work there. I’m told by one worker that […]
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