The news coming from North Pole Flight Command this week has been a little rough. It has resulted in some questions coming from tracker elves – especially our freelance tracker elves. Everyone wants to do something to help. Helping begins by understanding the problem and that is what I want to explain today. ~ Operation... Read more
Elf Moe has been on a tear, banning elves almost as fast as they sign up. They get banned because they don't really understand what it means to be an elf. We ask them to go to ElfHQ.com to learn the Elf Code and to take the Elf Oath. If they really understand those things... Read more
My friends in the news business who do not live and work at the North Pole often tell me I am lucky. And they are probably right about that. What they are talking about is the fact that sometimes being a newsperson of any kind can be hard. People get mad at us a lot.... Read more
I got a little note from an elf that concerns me. She writes: “Being an elf is boring. There’s nothing going on!” I think Elf Moe has dispatched her by now. She was stirring up some other trouble. Besides, if she cannot see all that is going on then she’s blind and should not be... Read more
Well, as you maybe have read, the stuff of getting settled on the Regional Tracking Centers is done. Some of you might be happy. They really took your suggestions seriously. I think a few of you might be pleasantly surprised. As for me, well, I couldn’t care less. I’m in the news business. Where things... Read more
Why was I even worried? I was scared witless over being assigned to the Regional Tracking Committee because it totally put me out of my elf comfort zone. I vowed to show up with a paper bag over my head. I could have shown up with lit sparklers in my ears for all it mattered.... Read more
I was recently given an assignment. I am in deep panic about it. You see, in my life as an elf I haven’t actually done anything. I’m not one of those elves in Santa’s workshop. Those elves have skills and can make things with their hands. I don’t know any elf over there who cannot... Read more
We were notified late Saturday that groups are popping up on social media for “Santa Trackers”. This isn’t anything new. But what is new is that some of these groups on Facebook, X, Snapchat and TikTok do appear to belong to some of our legitimate tracker elves. We want you to know that’s okay. We,... Read more
The real magic of Christmas is happening right now. Everywhere people have decorated, they are singing songs and anticipation is building for the biggest day of the year – Christmas! Santa is a very big part of it all. He is a bringer of gifts, yes. But more importantly, he is a bringer of joy.... Read more
A couple of weeks ago Elf Moe alerted me to the resignation of a new elf who had signed up just weeks before Halloween. This elf was leaving because “other Santa trackers are more fun”. She said she simply did not believe our merry little website and was leaving to a place where she could... Read more
At some point in the upcoming weeks there will be a conversation over at SantaUpdate.com about Stocking Mail. It usually generates confusion. Unfortunately that confusion starts here in the tracker elf community. So we wanted to put something out about it now so that mistakes can be avoided in the weeks ahead. The North Pole... Read more
Do you know what it means to be OCD? OCD does not mean what some think it means. Some think it means OBSESSIVE CHRISTMAS DISORDER. That’s cute. But that’s not it. In the world of elves, OCD means OBSESSIVE CHRISTMAS DATES. We manifest OCD as an elf through countdowns. And we have a lot of... Read more
