Per plan and as scheduled, North Pole Flight Command has put all elves in all departments worldwide on alert status. Alert status means that the next phase of Operation Merry Christmas is in process and that all elves need to be actively coming to North Pole websites with regularity to stay informed and to be... Read more
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Focus on China
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
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
News You Don’t Have to Talk About
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
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
Bulgaria Wants to Interview Santa
Bulgaria wants to interview Santa. On December 24th. On national television. At 7pm local time. Can you see now why Santa needs elves all over the world? No matter how much work the Public Relations Department at the North Pole puts into, well, publicizing, how Santa works they still don’t get it. The media –... Read more
Secrets of Santa
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
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