We have received requests for an alternative way to post the Thanksgiving Day Elf Parade photos that elves around the world share. Some do NOT want to put them on the Elf Wall.

That’s okay – we appreciate you sharing them with us. Just use the form below or click on this link to upload them to us:

Operation Airlift is a detail of Santa’s flight that many in the outside world do not know about and that some new tracker elves do not understand. The purpose of this post is to bring you up to speed on it so that when it happens on Christmas Eve you know what is going on.

Operation Airlift is a support effort for Santa. Thousands of sleighs and thousands of reindeer are deployed before Santa even launches to help with various tasks that support Santa’s flight.

It is not difficult to see why such an operation is necessary. Santa delivers to billions of believers. Not all of their stuff is going to fit in his sack or on his sleigh. Santa needs help getting that stuff to where it goes.

That is where Operation Airlift comes into play.

Santa makes use of sleighs, snowmobiles, sleds powered by dogs, planes, trains, trucks, large ships, and other types of vehicles on Christmas Eve to move presents, supplies, elves and reindeer around to help as Santa delivers.

You will hear of Operation Airlift on the radio from North Pole Radio News. It is all part of the Santa effort.

While you as a tracker elf may not benefit from all this activity you WILL be working to support those sleighs too. After all, the same information you provide for Santa will be used to support Operation Airlift as well.

Let’s say, for example, that you send in a weather report from your area. That information is compiled with other weather reports to give the pilots of those sleighs used in Operation Airlift the information they need to fly safely in completing their mission.

And just what is their mission?

Their mission is to get the right stuff to Santa at the right time. If you live in England and support sleighs brings Santa stuff needed in Ethiopia, no one is going to have a Merry Christmas – either in England or Ethiopia.

Operation Airlift keeps things organized and flowing to Santa so that he gets things to the right people on time.

You will need to listen carefully to the news as you track Santa. You will not want to confuse the information about Operation Airlift with Santa’s actual flight. This is part of the reason why there is a countdown to Santa’s launch on every official North Pole website and why you are provided with a map of Santa’s position.

Any questions? Add to the comments below.

Christmas Eve Reports will be the topic of discussion during a newly scheduled Elf Chat for all trackers on November 7th at 8pm EST in Elf Chat at SantaTrackers.net.

Elf Max, a senior Tracker Elf Trainer — that’s me! — will host the chat.

I have gathered information from all the Elf Supervisors, who will be monitoring the chat event, that they want presented. We will discuss what the expected reports are, where to find them and how to fill them out and send them in.

If time allows, we might also talk about secondary reports that may or may not be requested by North Pole Flight Command on Christmas Eve.

The work of tracker elves is to give current information that might be useful to Santa as he makes his way around the world. It is believed that the reports coming from 200 million tracker elves worldwide can really help Santa speed things up but to do it in a way that is actually safer. Tracker elves are Santa’s eyes on the ground. He needs to hear current conditions where tracker elves live.

We would also note that this chat will be a great time to ask any tracker questions you might have. See you there!

We are pleased to announce new State and Province Representatives for Christmas 2021. According to the job description, this is what a State/Province Representative does:

A state representative works for the elves AND BELIEVERS of Santa in any given state or province. They are charged with being the voice of the people TO THE NORTH POLE. In other words, if there are any concerns about anything that people of the state want to have brought to the attention of Santa or the North Pole it flows through these representatives.

This is a very serious job.

As a state or province representative you will be charged with teaching people of your area of responsibility how to become elves, where they can get more news and information and Santa and the North Pole and you will relay to those in your area any information Santa and the North Pole feels is of urgent conveyance to the people.

It will take us some time to update the Elf Map but here are the State/Province Representative elf promotions we have completed so far:

Elf Drew – Idaho, USA
Elf Slimey C – California USA
Elf William P. – Oregon, USA
Elf Babe – Washington, USA
Elf Foster T.– Utah, USA
Elf Jaime – Wyoming, USA
Elf Action Jackson – Nevada, USA
Elf Desert Rat – Arizona, USA
Elf Pee Wee – Texas, USA
Elf Gnome – Colorado, USA
Elf Frostberry – Kansas, USA
Elf Tinselhead – Nebraska, USA
Elf Bernard II – South Dakota, USA
Elf Sparkle Nose – Minnesota, USA
Elf Danielle – Iowa, USA
Elf Josie – Missouri, USA
Elf Ellie – Arkansas, USA
Elf Howard – Mississippi, USA
Elf Lil Lady – Louisiana, USA
Elf Noel – Alabama, USA
Elf Grady – Georgia, USA
Elf Beach Baby – Florida, USA
Elf Sassy – South Carolina, USA
Elf Gloria – North Carolina, USA
Elf Frankie – Tennessee, USA
Elf Bahama Mama – Kentucky, USA
Elf Dieter – West Virginia, USA
Elf Gabby – Virginia, USA
Elf Cheeser – Wisconsin, USA
Elf Homer – Michigan, USA
Elf Kylie W.– Illinois, USA
Elf Penny Rene – Indiana, USA
Elf Victoria – Ohio, USA
Elf Clausman – Pennsylvania, USA
Elf Yankee Doodle – New York, USA
Elf Blueberry – Maine, USA
Elf Paul R. – Connecticut, USA
Elf Vinny – New Jersey, USA
Elf Della – Delaware, USA
Elf Kenny D. – Rhode Island, USA
Elf Hazel – Quebec, Canada
Elf Eh – Ontario, Canada
Elf Maynard – Manitoba, Canada
Elf Jilly – Saskatchewan, Canada
Elf Fudge Boy – Alberta, Canada
Elf Filly – British Columbia, Canada