Trackers of Sector 2, A review of our sector and the reports and information so far received this year shows a real lack of depth for China. We know there are not a TON of believers in China. However, it is the most populous country in the world and there are more believers there than... Read more
Category: Christmas Newswire
Tracker Check-in Scheduled
Attentional All Tracker Elves in All Sectors, We are pleased and excited to announce that Tracker Elf check-ins will begin on the following schedule: (All dates and hours are local time) Sector 1: December 22nd at 11:00pm Fiji Time Sector 2: December 22nd at 7:00pm Turkmenistan Time Sector 3: December 22nd at 8:00pm Iceland Time... Read more
Hackers Target Sector 4
Greetings from the Regional Tracking Center in Aruba, It appears today is our turn. After enjoying a quiet weekend our servers here at the Regional Tracking Center are under siege. Fortunately, and thanks to safeguards put in place by North Pole Security, the worse thing that has happened so far is a slight slow down... Read more
Power Lost at Sector 2 HQ
Greetings from Turkmenistan, where here at the Regional Tracking Center we are operating now on back-up generators. Power went out a few hours ago and local authorities are working to restore it. We have been told this is due to a "computer glitch", not some physical event such as a storm or a traffic accident.... Read more
Sector 5 Servers Attacked
Trackers of Sector 5, I know you may be tired of hearing of server and computer issues but we have more to report. Our servers for the Regional Tracking Center here in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada have been under attack most of the day. The attack hit during the chat with Santa on Saturday. It... Read more
Santa Gives Last Instructions
Santa Claus visited Elf Chat with one week to go until launch. He addressed several topics and made an announcement. This post is being made to share the transcript of the chat and to emphasize some things Santa did not have time to discuss. Here are the highlights: Santa talked about website issues and the... Read more
Community Site Issues and What to Do About It
Trackers, on Friday we experienced some technical issues with the website. A combination of events are responsible, namely: The site has been under attack from hackers who are determined to interrupt Santa's operations this year Routine security updates, designed to thwart hackers, have interfered with certain site features. Elf Max has been working with developers... Read more
Test Flights Cancelled in Sector 2
Trackers of Sector 2, I was just notified by North Pole Flight Command that test flights will not be heading west from their present location in Sector 2. They will instead be headed in the opposite direction - EAST. This is due in part to the lack of adverse weather conditions in our sector. That,... Read more
Stocking Mail is NOT for Tracking
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
Local Christmas Report Needed
Good evening, Sector 1 Elves! North Pole Flight Command has passed along the news that Santa would like a fresh Local Christmas Report from Sector 1, especially for areas of Australia and New Zealand. There are concerns that maybe the Christmas spirit is weak in those countries. I think this is the first time they... Read more
Air Traffic Report Requested
Hi gang! First of all, thank you for all the kind notes and well wishes. I'm feeling much better. Had just a touch of a weird flu, but doing okay now. And Happy Operation Merry Christmas! We're eating a fabulous red cake with white frosting, made by Elf Marky here in the RTC in Cold... Read more
How to Get Verified
As a follow-up to my post about Getting Your Elf Profile Right I wanted to share some information about WHY this is important. There are a few good reasons to get this done right away: This place is crawling with elves. -- Elves from North Pole Flight Command come here all the time to match... Read more