Our Christmas in July chat series continued with Mrs. Claus today. She talked about handling things while Santa is away and shared lots of cooking tips and information – including the fact that she and Santa collect cocoa beans from all over the world and make their own chocolate! Here is the recap:
Elf Ulan | Hi Elf Frank! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Hello Elf Ulan! |
Elf Ulan | Hi Elf Ernest! |
Elf Ernest | Hi Elf Ulan! Glad you are here. |
Elf Ulan | Thank you, always Elf Ernest! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Ernest, I’ve got the questions you sent me. But feel free to jump in with others you might receive |
Elf Ernest | Ok, I may do that. Getting some good ones even right now as we speak. |
Elf Ernest | Hugo’s got a new system and it’s working pretty good. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Awesome. |
Elf Ulan | What were you talking about? |
Weathertrackingelf | Hi Elf Radar |
Star67843 | Hello |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Trixie….? |
Mrs. Claus | Present! (Trixie) |
Star67843 | Is mrs Claus in here |
Elf Ulan | Hi! |
Mrs. Claus | Mrs. C is just sitting down with some hot cocoa…new recipe! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Great, let me know when you’re set |
Star67843 | Hello Mrs Claus |
Elf Ulan | Hello, Mrs. Claus! |
Mrs. Claus | Hi everyone! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Folks, we’ll begin in a minute |
Weathertrackingelf | Good morning Mrs. Claus |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Just as a reminder, I will begin the chat with a short conversation |
Elf Ulan | Okay |
Star67843 | Mrs Claus do you do home visits |
Elf Frank Myrrh | And a couple of questions that have come in from email |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Then I will open it up for your questions. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Welcome everyone to North Pole Chat today |
Weathertrackingelf | Ok Frank |
Elf Ulan | Okay! |
Star67843 | Mrs Claus |
Elf Frank Myrrh | We have a full schedule, Mrs. Claus will be with us for the next 30 minutes and then Santa joins us at the top of the next hour |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Mrs. Claus, as you may know, is very busy these days covering for Santa at the North Pole while he is on walkabout |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Basically that means whatever Santa would normally do at this time of the year at the North Pole Mrs. Claus is now doing this year. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Mrs. Claus, welcome and thank you for being here. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Our first question is the most common we get – how are you doing? |
Mrs. Claus | Frank, thank you for that kind introduction. |
Mrs. Claus | I’m doing just fine. |
Star67843 | Mrs Claus do you do home visits |
Mrs. Claus | Santa has been gone for about four months and I’m only now starting to get nervous! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Why are you getting nervous? |
Mrs. Claus | It’s August next week. I feel like we are running out of time. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Running out of time? |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, Christmas will be here before we know it. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Do you feel things are falling behind with Operation Merry Christmas? |
Mrs. Claus | No, I’m not implying that. We are checking our lists often and we look to be on track. I’m just a little anxious. I get that way sometimes. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | I think many of us can identify with that, Mrs. Claus. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Have you talked with Santa recently? |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, we have spent a lot of time on the phone this week. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Oh! How is he doing? |
Mrs. Claus | He sounds really good. I miss him. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | I think we all do. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Are you ready to take some questions from our visitors here today? |
Mrs. Claus | If Trixie is ready, I’m ready |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Ok, who has a question for Mrs. Claus? |
Weathertrackingelf | I have a question |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Fire away |
Elf Ulan | I do too! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Just shout it out, we’ll get to them both |
Weathertrackingelf | I was wondering when Santa is supposed to be home? |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, what kind of workshop did you have this summer? |
Mrs. Claus | Walkabout is always something that Santa does at his own pace. I don’t know when he plans to be home. But in talking with him this week it is a feeling I have that he’ll be out a while longer. Maybe ask him that next hour! |
Weathertrackingelf | Ok Mrs. Claus |
Mrs. Claus | For Christmas in July we did a pumpkin pie workshop…well, it was more of a crust workshop. I guess a lot of people struggle with crusts. |
Elf Crusader | Hello everyone |
Mrs. Claus | We did a lot of baking stuff. But I think come September we’re going to work on table top Christmas decorating. |
Mrs. Claus | Hello and Congratulations, Elf Crusader |
Elf Crusader | Thank you Mrs,C |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Mrs. Claus, a question from the silent crowd out there, how much are you working with Santa’s Workshop? |
Mrs. Claus | I meet with Elf Bernard every Friday at 3pm, Frank. I tour there once a month. That’s about the same schedule as Santa usually keeps |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, I wanted to join them. Someday! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Is that hard for you? |
Mrs. Claus | No, it’s not hard. I have worked a lot with the Workshop before. I don’t know what Santa knows and I’m certainly not a toymaker. But I know the operation and understand it okay. |
Elf Crusader | I have a question when you’re ready |
Mrs. Claus | Go ahead Elf Crusader |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Do you give the workshop special requests? |
Elf Crusader | Mrs. C, how different is operation merry Christmas going to be this year |
Mrs. Claus | Oh, all the time. They made a trellis for me a couple of months ago. |
Elf Crusader | For your garden? |
Mrs. Claus | Crusader we talked a little about Operation Merry Christmas before you logged in. It’s going well. I don’t think it will be very different at all. Things are on track and so far there have been no real surprises. It’s early still. |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, a trellis for my tomatoes. They’ve gotten so TALL |
Weathertrackingelf | I have another question for you Mrs. Claus |
Elf Frank Myrrh | You must have a green house then? |
Elf Crusader | That makes sense. Thank You |
Mrs. Claus | Go ahead Weathertrackingelf |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, I know you’re very busy, but do you walk with Santa’s dogs daily? |
Mrs. Claus | No, it’s SANTA’s greenhouse and he just lets me use a tiny little part of it. |
Weathertrackingelf | Did you ever get the Chocolate covered cherries I made for you last Christmas? |
Mrs. Claus | The pups? Yes, they keep me entertained. They walk ME |
Mrs. Claus | Weathertrackingelf! YES and THANK YOU!!! Those were the best. They set up great. |
Mrs. Claus | What kind of chocolate did you use? |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Do you make cordials, Mrs C? |
Weathertrackingelf | Thank yours. Claus, I am going to try making English toffee this year |
Mrs. Claus | I do, Frank. Love them |
Mrs. Claus | English toffee is tough. That hard ball stage…. |
Weathertrackingelf | Toll house chocolate chips |
Mrs. Claus | I’m going to ask Santa to bring me some Japanese cherries. I’ve always wanted to try them. |
Elf Crusader | Mrs.C, do you drink Elf Eggnog? |
Mrs. Claus | Semi-sweet Tollhouse? |
Weathertrackingelf | Yes it is, it will be my first time making it |
Mrs. Claus | I do drink Elf Eggnog, when I don’t have time for making my secret recipe. |
Weathertrackingelf | Yes indeed |
Elf Crusader | You make your own? |
Mrs. Claus | Don’t be too hard on yourself, Weathertrackingelf. Read up about it and forgive yourself. It took me 4 tries to get English toffee |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, I always make my own…everything, Crusader |
Elf Ulan | Thank you, Mrs. Claus. Japanese cherries? I can send them too, lol |
Weathertrackingelf | I won’t be hard on myself, I love trying to make new things |
Mrs. Claus | Try to get some Guittard Dark Cacao chocolate for the cherries, if you can find it. They are THE BEST |
Elf Crusader | Mrs.C, has Santa said anything about how soon I can come to the pole? |
Mrs. Claus | Oh that’s right Elf Ulan. I forgot you are in Japan! |
Weathertrackingelf | Thank you for the tip Mrs |
Mrs. Claus | Elf Crusader, no Santa and I have not talked about you coming to the North Pole. You’d be a popular speaker! |
Elf Ulan | Hahaha, yes, I’m still in Japan! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | How do you know so much about chocolate? |
Mrs. Claus | I love chocolate, Frank |
Elf Crusader | I know I would be . I’m sure my podcast is pretty popular |
Mrs. Claus | I always ask Santa to bring me chocolate from different places. In recent years, we have started to build a collection of beans from various places and making our own chocolate in our free time |
Elf Crusader | What’s your favorite thing to bake Mrs. C? |
Weathertrackingelf | Thank you so much for the baking tip Mrs. Claus |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, what’s your favorite sweet? If nobody asked it! |
Mrs. Claus | You have no idea how HUGE your podcast is here at the North Pole, Crusader |
Elf Crusader | I never knew that |
Elf Radar | Hi [Mrs.Claus. How happy are you with the test flights this year and do you ever get nervous when Santa is flying on Christmas Eve? |
Elf Frank Myrrh | You MAKE your own chocolate…from cocoa beans? |
Mrs. Claus | My favorite sweet? I hardly know how to answer that. |
Mrs. Claus | Honestly, Elf Radar, the test flights have been going so well I haven’t been paying too much attention. I’m getting the reports and they are glowing. Things are going so good they have not had to make another version of the new sleigh. |
Elf Crusader | Do you have any idea when Santa will be back? |
Mrs. Claus | And yes, I get nervous every Christmas Eve when Santa takes off. It has little to do with the sleigh and more to do with his attitude. |
Elf Ulan | How about eggnog pancakes or eggnog pudding, lol |
Elf Crusader | And is it just me or does it seem like flight command has something up their sleeve for Rochester Minnesota |
Elf Radar | Thank you |
Mrs. Claus | Did you hear about the Eggnog Pancakes at the Christmas in July pancake breakfast? Elf Chef Pierre REALLY made some divine pancakes this year. They were amazing. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | What do you mean about Santa’s attitude? |
Mrs. Claus | Do they? What’s the big deal about Rochester, Minnesota? |
Mrs. Claus | Santa’s attitude is very focused on Christmas Eve. I have a hard time getting his attention and I worry he’s not thinking about the right things. Happens every Christmas Eve. |
Elf Ulan | Yes, I heard it! I want to eat it, someday! |
Elf Crusader | I live there. They are considering putting a tracking Center here. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Well…Santa might have a couple of billion kids on his mind then. |
Elf Radar | That is interesting |
Mrs. Claus | I didn’t know you lived there, Crusader. Hate to break it to you, but Rochester is not getting the regional tracking center there. Frank, have they announced Sector 5 yet? |
Elf Crusader | Not to mention, they did a test flight over here |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, Frank. I know Santa’s got a full brain on Christmas Eve. Still, it bothers me a little. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | I think they announced Sector 2 and 3 earlier today. I think Sector 5 gets announced later today or tomorrow, I’ll have to check. |
Mrs. Claus | Ok, I’ll just say Rochester didn’t get the tracking center this year. |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, can you pick Santa up in your sleigh if he calls you? |
Elf Crusader | Hey Frank, do you think I could get you and crash on my podcast next time |
Elf Frank Myrrh | What do you tell Santa on Christmas Eve before he takes off? |
Elf Crusader | Bummer |
Mrs. Claus | I could pick up Santa, yes. Depends on how mad at him I am |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Are you mad at Santa? |
Mrs. Claus | No – hahaha – not at the moment. |
Mrs. Claus | I was just making a little joke. I know he’s watching right now from somewhere. |
Elf Crusader | Hey Frank, could I get you and crash on my podcast next time please |
Elf Frank Myrrh | He is? How do you know? |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Crusader, I’m sure I could do it. Not sure about Crash. He seems really busy to me, more than usual |
Mrs. Claus | A wife knows these things, Frank. |
Mrs. Claus | If we ever get you a wife, Frank, you’ll understand that. |
Elf Ulan | Yes, that’s right! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Oh, well, good luck with that! |
Weathertrackingelf | Mrs. Claus, is there any special treats you would like to have that I make this year? |
Elf Crusader | She’s right. I am learning these things with the future MrS. Crusader |
Mrs. Claus | Weathertrackingelf – have you ever made shortbread cookies? I don’t think I’ve mastered those yet |
Mrs. Claus | Yes, Elf Crusader, you need to school Frank in the field of women. |
Elf Crusader | Trust me, Frank. Having a wife is going to be a whole lot different. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Oh boy. |
Weathertrackingelf | I will find a recipe, and I will make you some this year Mrs. Claus |
Elf Crusader | Shouldn’t be a problem lol |
Mrs. Claus | Thank you, Weathertrackingelf, I look forward to that! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Yes, it would be a problem. |
Mrs. Claus | Oh Frankie…. |
Elf Crusader | I just wanna say that I love you Mrs.C |
Elf Ulan | Mrs. Claus, I heard some Elf tried to bring Mr. Bergeson to the North Pole. |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Folks we’ve reached the end of our time, any last minute questions for Mrs. Claus? |
Elf Radar | Thank you so much for your time Mrs, Clause. I really enjoyed this chat! |
Mrs. Claus | Thank you, Crusader. I love you too. In fact, I love you all. I appreciate your good spirit and your willingness to look out for Santa. It means a lot to ME |
Weathertrackingelf | Mrs. Claus if you have any other baking tips, could you please send them my way please? |
Elf Crusader | I just wanted to say that I love Mrs.C. I consider her a grandmother/mother figure. |
Mrs. Claus | I can’t wait until we get a chat where we can just talk about making Christmas treats, Weathertrackingelf. |
Elf Crusader | I hope you’re not offended that I consider you a grandmother/mother figure Mrs. Claus |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Do you feel you’re handling too much right now, Mrs C? |
Weathertrackingelf | Sounds like a plan Mrs. Claus |
Mrs. Claus | Not at all, Elf Crusader, it’s a high compliment, Thank you. |
Mrs. Claus | Handling too much? No. Santa and I prepared for this. Things are fine. I’m just grateful that next year will be back to “normal”. But it’s all good. |
Elf Crusader | You’re welcome! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Thank you everyone for being here. And Mrs. Claus, thank you for all you are doing! |
Elf Frank Myrrh | Join us again at the top of the hour when Santa joins us! |
Weathertrackingelf | Have a great day Mrs. Claus |
Elf Ulan | Thank you, Mrs. Claus. I’m so happy to talk to you today. I wish I could give the cherries someday! Of course other things too! |
Mrs. Claus | Bye everyone! Enjoy your chat with Santa! |
Elf Winslow, thank you so much for the recap immediately! I really appreciate it. I’m pleased to talk to Mrs. Claus! Please invite me to the baking workshop and the chat. I can’t make any chocolate from cacao beans, but I’ll prepare the cherries on Christmas Eve or anytime when the season comes. I’m happy to know about her more, and I feel more familiar with her! I wish we could have a girls’ chat someday in the future, lol! Happy Christmas in July, and I hope I’ll see you again soon! XD
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