25 Weeks
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25 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi ho, gang! There are 25 weeks until Christmas! All of a sudden it really feels like we’re cookin’ here at the North Pole. It was just a few weeks back and it felt abandoned around here. But now there’s activity just about everywhere. I…
Leon Day
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Happy Leon Day from the North Pole

Happy Leon Day from the North Pole, where it is exactly half way to Christmas. Just six months from today is Christmas Eve! Why do we call this important marker “Leon Day”? Leon is noel spelled backwards. On this milestone day we…
27 Weeks
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27 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi guys, there are just 27 weeks until Christmas and you know what that means! It means next week we cross over into the 2nd half of the countdown and that we celebrate Leon Day. Those who have followed along here at Santa Update over…
28 Weeks Until Christmas
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28 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi ho, friends! There are 28 weeks until Christmas and I’ve got a story I’m working on. I have actually been home from vacation for about a week but I was met right away with a bit of a mystery right after I returned from Colorado. Trixie…
8 Months Until Christmas
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8 Months Until Christmas

There are 8 months now until Christmas and I apologize for updating you a few days late. Our web department has been hard at work updating the website and I couldn’t post anything. But all is well now and I can give you an update. As…
9 Months Until Christmas
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9 Months Until Christmas

Hello and guess what? There are just 9 months left until Christmas! This is a little bit of a lonely time of year at the North Pole. We don’t see as much interaction with the world during this month as we will later, but that does not…
41 Weeks Until Christmas
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41 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi all! Only 41 weeks remain until Christmas and we have some news to report. I’m sorry I’ve been missing weeks here and there but I just cannot get healthy. I lost my voice a few weeks back and Mrs. Claus sent me home to bed and sent me…
Santa's Retreat
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Santa’s Retreat

Hi Gang! There are 44 weeks until Christmas and I’m so sorry I’ve missed the countdown the last little while. But some surprising things have happened since the last time I talked with you. At the Valentine’s Day Elf Ball I was…
46 Weeks Until Christmas
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46 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi there! Only 46 Weeks remain until Christmas. That may seem like a long time to you but for elves at the North Pole it is not very long at all, especially after something Santa said this past week. He told elves in a meeting that this…
47 Weeks Until Christmas
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47 Weeks Until Christmas

Happy Wednesday and guess what? There are only 47 weeks until Christmas! Big meetings going on at the North Pole. And plenty of banquets, too. It’s Elf of the Year season. Every year each department at the North Pole announces their…
48 Weeks
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48 Weeks Until Christmas

Hi friends! There are just 48 weeks until Christmas, as of today. This week marks a very important time at the North Pole. The reindeer are leaving, not to return until some time in the fall. It is always a different kind of event. We…
50 Weeks Until Christmas
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50 Weeks Until Christmas

Happy New Year! Just 50 weeks remain until Christmas and we’re in an all new routine. Christmas Eve this year falls on a Wednesday and Christmas Day is on a Thursday. That means my countdown post each week will come out on one of…