
Recapping Santa’s Ride
An all new episode of the North Pole Podcast features Elves Frank and Crash discussing details of Santa's ride at Christmas.
The crisis in Santa's workshop shaped the news in 2025 and Crash talks how that event changed tracking Santa last…

48 Weeks Until Christmas
Flight Command announced yesterday about the mass migration of reindeer from the North Pole – as I told you last week in talking about Trixie and the Mighty Mick.
They have already left. Now everyone else is feeling as sad as I am with…

Reindeer Leave the North Pole
The reindeer have started their annual departure from the North Pole. Every year, after the conclusion of Operation Merry Christmas, Santa’s reindeer take leave of the North Pole to return to their native lands. They do not return until the fall months. Unlike their return in the autumn, their departure happens slowly – over the […]
Tracker Road Map 2026

49 Weeks Until Christmas
Hi friends! There are now just 49 weeks until Christmas.
My reindeer, Trixie, is from right here at the North Pole. She was born here. This is her home. It has been so fun having her home these past few weeks.
But I need to get ready…

Changes to the Elf Community

North Pole Navy Returns
The entire fleet of the North Pole Navy has now returned to the North Pole. Some ships have been at sea since August 2025. The North Pole Navy saw unprecedented action in 2025, mostly due to the crisis in Santa’s workshop. It shuttled personnel and supplies to the North Pole in record numbers. The largest […]
50 Weeks Until Christmas
There are now 50 weeks until Christmas - next week we'll be in the 40s!
Santa is on the job, friends. Meetings, meetings everywhere.
In many ways I love January. Everyone here gets so excited about making fresh plans for the New Year.…

How Santa Counts Down to Christmas
Today over at North Pole Flight Command they marked 350 Days Until Santa's Launch.
It got little notice.
Whether anyone notices or not isn't what is important. It's a marker. A point on the calendar. A mark in a series of marks that leads…

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Santa Begins Meetings
The business of Operation Merry Christmas begins by looking back on what happened in 2025. Before any plans are made for Operation Merry Christmas 2026 Santa wants to know what went right, what went wrong and what can be done better. Christmas 2025 will long be remember for the epic crisis in Santa’s workshop. You can […]
Regional Tracking Centers Close
A successful run of Operation Merry Christmas as managed by North Pole Flight Command ends today with the closure of all Regional Tracking Centers. The regional tracking centers located at Christmas Island, Tasmania, Australia in Sector 1, Christmas Island in Myanmar in Sector 2, Christmas Island in Africa for Sector 3, Christmas Island in Jamaica […]


