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There is a New Reindeer in Town

There is a new reindeer in town and her name is Brinley. She is just 4 years old but she has grabbed all the headlines at the Annual Reindeer Games. She leads in every category -- speed, distance, endurance -- everything. She has so far…
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Grilled by 2nd Graders

It is always a challenge when children ask questions. But when a class full of children team up to ask questions of the North Pole it is a special challenge. This last week we received mail from Mrs. Ketter's 2nd grade class from the state…
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Traditional Christmas for Mrs. Claus

Howdy, all! Happy Saturday to you. Lots of mail arrived this week and much of it contained questions about Mrs. Claus. Seems I haven't been talking much about her either. Everyone wants to know what her role will be this year after taking…
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Communicating with Santa

Hi everyone! I stopped by the North Pole Post Office today. Boy, are those elves busy! Elf Hugo, our postmaster, told me it would be a good idea if I talked to you a little about communicating with Santa. You know, it used to be so…
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Things to Know About Your Christmas Tree

Merry greetings to each of you! It is a thrill to write this post to you today. This is somewhat of a tradition, one we gladly engage in every Christmas here at the North Pole. Today is the day when Santa directs us to write to you about…
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Santa on the Road

Happy Monday greetings to you! Operation Merry Christmas continues at top speed today. Everyone here at the North Pole is so busy. One who is not here but working hard anyway is Santa. He left right after the festivities last week. Between…
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Santa and Math

It takes a lot of skills to be Santa Claus. But in a new question for Elf Crash Murphy we learn a little something about Santa that never crosses the minds of most people: Santa has to do a lot of math. The question came to us from a huge…
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Thanksgiving in Canada

Happy fall greetings to you! Santa has taken a brief trip away this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family in Canada. Thanksgiving in Canada is much like it is in other parts of the world. Folks gather to celebrate the…
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Santa Urges Elves to Get Busy

Hiya! Meetings, meetings and more meetings! That has been the order this week as Santa has told elves here to “step on the gas!” in getting Operation Merry Christmas 2018 off the ground. Everything is now running at an accelerated…
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Back to School Means Back to the North Pole

Hey there! It is back-to-school season. Do you know what that means? It is one of the coolest parts of my job to be able to connect with school teachers around the world each season. They visit Santa Update and share the news from the North…
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Four Months Until Christmas

Happy Hot August Greetings! There are only four months now to Christmas. How did that happen so quickly? The year has just flown by. In fact, I was catching up some email from readers the other day and 7-year-old Larissa sent me a note that…
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Eight Months Until Christmas

Greetings! Welcome to what we call the “bottom of the year”. We don’t know why it is but every year at this time and for the next six to eight weeks or so things kind of slow down for us at the North Pole. Well, not for US. For YOU! For…