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Christmas Eve in the Far East

Greetings! Communications to the North Pole are very active at this hour as reports are coming in where it is already Christmas Eve. We’re still about 18 hours away from Santa’s launch but a lot needs to happen before Santa takes…
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Santa’s Sleigh Sent on Final Test Flight

Hi all! A very nervous Elf Quinton has carefully handed over Santa’s actual sleigh to an elf test pilot for one final test spin of the sleigh around the world. It is shiny new. “We do this flight because we have to make sure everything…
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Getting Ready for the North Pole Christmas Party

Greetings! All over the world people are preparing for Christmas Eve gatherings and the North Pole is no different. We love to celebrate Christmas just like everyone else. Elves in Mrs. Claus’ kitchen are busy preparing foods and…
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How to Know When Santa Will Get to Your House

Happy Christmas all! We get a lot of questions and none is more common right now than “When will Santa get to my house?” The truth is that we don’t know the exact time. But maybe you can figure it out. Watch Santa’s…
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Get a Paper Map to Track Santa

Merry Greetings! The art of tracking Santa Claus is a time-honored tradition all over the world. We have been receiving questions by way of text and email of how to best track Santa. Our advice is pretty simple: 1. Get a map or…
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Santa Continues to Visit with Children Today

Hi everyone! Although the clock is quickly ticking down until launch Santa will continue to work in different places all over the world visiting with children. For Santa, this is an important and busy time. He travels with a number…
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Wrapping Department Delayed

Hi all, Production issues in Santa’s workshop has led to last minute slowdowns in the Wrapping Department. This is a common problem at this point in Operation Merry Christmas every year. Some of it stems from kids who cannot…
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Tracker Elves from India Check In

It is only early in the evening on December 23rd in India but already spotters there are checking in, very determined and excited to be working for Santa this year. The team there of about 80 spotter elves are positioned at various locations…
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Santa’s New Sleigh is HUGE

Elves at the North Pole are very excited this hour – they all just got their first look at Santa’s new sleigh. Without exception the response first expressed is about the size of the sleigh. Almost nobody can believe how big it is…
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Weather a Concern at the North Pole

At this hour the Tracking Department is worried most about the weather. Santa’s sleigh appears to be ready. The reindeer are in great condition. Santa himself is always ready. But the weather is a great unknown. Not only is…
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Wrapping and Mail Departments Behind

By this time tomorrow Santa will be delivering somewhere in the world – and all hands here at the North Pole are focused on making sure Santa’s sleigh is not empty when he gets there. That means some departments are not working at…
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Radio Broadcast from the North Pole Begins

Greetings one and all, Merry Christmas! The moment we’ve been waiting for all year has arrived – the countdown to Santa’s launch is in its final hours and all the details of Santa’s ride will be right here on SantaUpdate.com…