Watching the Skies

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Hi Elves of Sector 1!

As you may have heard on North Pole Radio News the activity covering the crisis in Santa’s Workshop is supposed to be affecting all Sectors and the work we do as tracker elves. I have been listening to Elf Crash and the elves at North Pole Flight Command to figure out what direction we need to be taking right now. Honestly it is hard to sort out.

We really want to be watching the skies for any activity we see. So, this would be a good time to reacquaint yourself with the sleigh sighting report and to be prepared to use it at any time.

The skies over the shipping lanes associated commonly with the Pacific Ocean would be our target – meaning that areas in Japan, the Philippines, all of Micronesia and of course the east coast of Australia and all of New Zealand – you could see sleighs, day or not. If you see something, say something.

In terms of how we can help them, well, it’s all about the weather, Of course, for many parts of our sector it is an active weather season and that is why we have been sending in weekly weather reports. Right now, I would tell you, if you see big changes in your weather or a forecast for unsettled weather, especially with high level winds, we need to know about it. Do not wait to send in a weekly report if you are seeing more changes of a more immediate nature.

From what I have been told teams led by Comet and Cupid are active, leading a fleet of teamsters driving sleighs full of rubber, aluminum, silicone and oil. They are running back and forth, north to south and back north again, through the skies roughly every 18 hours.

In addition, there are no less than 6 ships of the North Pole Navy likewise on the waters of Sector 1 in the Pacific. Even though each of these ships have their own weather teams, we still want to remember them in our weather reporting. I have asked for positioning information on each ship but have yet to have that information given to me.

I am hearing that Prancer and Vixen might be leading another team of sleighs through our skies soon, too. I’ll keep you updated.

Thanks!

All Trackers on Alert

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It is only the end of September but I feel compelled to issue an alert for all Santa Trackers world wide.

There is a crisis in Santa’s Workshop and elves from nearly every department at the North Pole are mobilizing to help in the effort. We are equally called upon to join in the effort.

Starting TODAY, I am meeting via Zoom with Elf Supervisors, who are all at their stations at the Regional Tracking Centers. We are going through the latest instructions from North Pole Flight Command.

You can expect some specific instructions coming from each of them over the course of the next couple of days.

In addition, I have asked, and I believe he has already posted on the Elf Wall, for Elf Harold Star to remind you about the North Pole Chat already scheduled at SantaUpdate.com for this Sunday at 3pm EDT.

I hope to have new information and instruction that I can share at that time. As usual, chat recaps will be posted.

I do not yet have details to share at this time but I suspect most of what might be required of us will be added and specific weather reports for certain areas. I believe special missions to route needed supplies to the North Pole are being devised at this time and our instructions will be related to those missions.

What part, if any, Santa will play in these events are unknown. I can tell you, however, that is he very hands on with this whole process and that we can expect to hear more from him about this situation in the days and weeks ahead.

For now, my hope for each of you is that you will:

  1. Follow the news coming from this site, from SantaUpdate.com and from NorthPoleFlightCommand.com closely. Check in daily.
  2. Send your elf supervisor an Elf Status Report. If you are available for duty or not right now, your Elf Supervisor needs to know.
  3. Be prepared to respond to further reporting requests in the days ahead.

Thanks!

Elf Promotions Active

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Fellow Elves and Trackers in the Service of Santa,

It is shaping up to be an interesting season already. While I can report that we are on track with our early reporting in our efforts to track Santa for Santa I can tell you now that more will be asked of us this year.

While I cannot yet share full details of what is going on – that will be coming out soon — I can tell you our need for GOOD elves is growing by the minute.

As such, I have directed our Elf Supervisors today to effect as many elf promotions as possible.

That means that as a Freelance or Junior Tracker elf you can be elevate to full North Pole Elf status and obtain greater status and accessibility on this website just by sending your elf supervisor a message.

I am not entirely sure at this time what more will be asked of us in the Tracking Department. But we want to be ready. To be ready means more elves are trained and ready to serve Santa.

More details will be forthcoming. Those elves able and smart enough to act on this message will be rewarded. We need more good elves.

Do You See Christmas?

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Hi elves!

Here in Sector 1 we have a different routine when it comes to Christmas. We are a little later than some sectors in seeing Christmas happening and a little before other sectors. Usually by now we have reports of Christmas activity.

What is Christmas activity? It’s things in the stores, music on the radio, trees up and lights on – you know, signs that Christmas is coming.

I usually have some reports on this by now and I’m not getting many.

So, please, when you get a chance, please send in a:

Local Christmas Report – click here.

Thanks!

New Sector Lead Announcement

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Hi Elves!

What a cRAZy week it has been. I have known for over a week about our new sector lead but I haven’t been able to announce it because we were waiting for Santa’s approval.

I talked to Elf Crash right away and he, of course, approved immediately. But the rules are that I cannot announce things like this until Santa signs off and he’s been so doggone hard to get a hold of.

Anyway, I finally got a phone call from Santa this morning – and by the morning I mean at 2:25am in the morning (I tell you, the man NEVER sleeps) — and, of course, he said yes and it was actually a very short conversation.

Our new sector lead is Elf Ulan, who resides, as you know, in Japan. I’m so very excited to have this dedicate elf as our Sector Lead. We will have such a good year in Sector 1 with Ulan in this role.

She’s going to start right away. I know you already know that you can ask anything of Elf Ulan and she will help you. She’s an Elf of the Year winner already and she has been with us for a long, long time championing the cause of Santa. We are SO very lucky to have her.

Now, there are other elf supervisors who have new sector leads coming soon. Santa was taking so long I was afraid I would not be the first. Whew!

This gives us a good foundation for moving forward. Thank you, Elf Ulan,  for being a part of my team!

Submitting Weather Reports

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Greetings Elves of Sector 1!

We are operational here in Christmas Island and we’re ready now for the reporting season. I’ve had a few messages come through all seeming to look for instructions.

At this time, I would like to ask all elves of every type to send in a weather report from their location at least ONCE per week on Sundays. This is what the weather report form looks like:

If you do not know or remember your sector, please see this link
Check all that apply

This requirement will likely change come December, but once a week for now will be good enough for test flight purposes unless something new comes from Flight Command telling us something different.

Some are asking about other reports. We’re not quite yet ready for any other reports at this time. That could change next week.

Thanks!

ps — As a reminder we are looking for a Sector Lead for Sector 1. Please consider applying!

Delays for Sector 1 Tracking Center

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Hello from Christmas Island. I’m sorry we have not put out much news.

We are having Internet issues at our new Regional Tracking Center in Christmas Island (Australia). In fact, I’m having to send this via my phone and it’s a big pain.

Please be patient with us.

I think we will be open far in advance of Santa’s date of August 1st but the lack of Internet is slowing us down. I think they will have to install Starlink, which they are working on now. This really should have been resolved in advance by the Regional Tracking Center Committee. But we’re having to deal with it now and it is slowing everything else down.

So, I’m NOT ignoring your messages. I’ve just got issues getting to them.

Give us a few days and I’ll let you know when Sector 1 is live.

Trackers Invited to Toyvember

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As you may have heard, Santa declared a very rare Toyvember event – right in the middle of Christmas in July. That’s never been done before.

Naturally, elves all over the world had questions about how that would work for them, including tracker elves in every sector. I finally have some answers for you.

Yes, all trackers, regardless of location or status – freelance, junior trackers, North Pole elves – are all invited to participate.

If you have a toy idea, design or prototype you are encouraged to submit them via a message to your Elf Supervisor.

Please keep your eye on the news. I have a feeling this Toyvember will not last long. I would encourage you to submit your toy invention as soon as you can.

Thanks.

Sector Lead Position Changes

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The elf job of Sector Lead is evolving. It will now require added duties, as listed at the job description found on this page.

Due to the changes in the position, I have decided to release all existing Sector Leads from their positions. They are welcome to re-apply and would be strongly considered if they are willing to take up the new duties as listed in the job description.

What is different about this position?

After long discussions with the Elf Supervisors, it was decided that Sector Leads need to have a more visible presences both on SantaTrackers.net and on social media channels. Sector Leads will be given more responsibility in both recruiting and news outreach efforts. This will require a lot more time and certainly a lot effort. That was a key reason why I chose to release those currently in the position.

The job has just changed.

The Elf Supervisors not only ask for a voice in recruiting for this position but also an ability to tailor the job to their own needs in each sector. I support this request. A Sector Lead in one sector will need to adapt to the needs of that sector through communication with the Elf Supervisor.

Please note that while the job description says a Sector Lead needs to be a North Pole Elf with a presence on SantaTrackers.net I will be flexible in that requirement in sectors where access and language make finding qualified candidates difficult (looking at you Sector 2). I will consider the possibility of a strong freelance elf candidate (or two).

If you are freelance elf with interest and qualifications in the Sector Lead position, please reach out via a standard freelance tracker report submission or via the support page here at SantaTrackers.net

If you have questions please feel free to ask them below or on the Elf Wall.

All Regional Tracking Centers Announced

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North Pole Flight Command announced the location of the final regional tracking center today. Here are the locations for Christmas 2025 by Sector:

Sector 1: Christmas Island, Tanzania, Australia
Sector 2: Christmas Island, Myanmar
Sector 3: Christmas Island, Zimbabwe
Sector 4: Christmas Island, Jamaica
Sector 5: Christmas Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

As of today, Friday, July 18th, it is believed that the centers in Sectors 2, 4 and 5 are just about ready. By this time next week ALL should be online, well ahead of the August 1st target date set by Santa.

Each Elf Supervisor will be posting when they are “officially” open with their first instructions of the season. We expect those to begin at any time.

Meanwhile, the test flights of Santa’s sleigh continue and appear to be heading west over Sector 3 at this time. North Pole Flight Command has not published the flight schedule but they intend to inform us of their plans soon seeing that the Regional Tracking Centers are coming online.

Messaging Your Elf Supervisor

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Today we have added a new report to the library of reports offered here on SantaTrackers.net. Elf Max has restructured the library pages and added a new report to the Personal Reports library titled “Message Your Elf Supervisor”.

This new report was born out of concern for the many new Junior Tracker Elves coming on board this year.

Their job in their first six months as an elf is to try to get promoted to North Pole Elf status and join the Elf Community. To do that, they need to become known to their elf supervisors.

One way to do that is via the tracker reports that our Elf Supervisors ask you all to provide.

But because Junior Elves are NOT part of the Elf Community there is no direct way for them to reach out to their Elf Supervisor. Furthermore, privacy laws prevent two-way communication outside of the regulated environment of the community.

As Elf Moe, Santa and myself discussed this challenge we determined the best way to do this was to implement this new report that will allow any elf to send a message directly to the Elf Supervisor.

This is a good idea for our North Pole Elves of the community as well. The Elf Community is accessible to our Elf Supervisors but they get very busy and rarely have time to check messages.

This new report operates via channels controlled by the North Pole Post Office and flows through regular reporting protocols. In other words, when you use this NEW REPORT your message gets routed like a report – and it gets straight to your Elf Supervisor right away.

(Every report that comes in requires action in the Regional Tracking Center that receives it. Elves working in the Regional Center tag the report, send it to the teams who assess that information. When necessary, follow up actions are added or the information is filed for use for when Santa flies to the area you are reporting from. Making a message for your supervisor thus means it goes into a queue where they HAVE to read it and act on it).

Even though your Elf Supervisor cannot reply to you in these messages they can still see what you have to say and then choose whether or not to post something on SantaTrackers.net publicly in response to it.

As we get more and more of our Regional Tracking Centers announced the likelihood of report requests will be increasing. In fact, you should expect a first request from your Elf Supervisor anytime within the next week.

We encourage you to learn about and use this new report.

Note to Freelance Elves: this new report is not available to you. We encourage you to reach out to your Elf Supervisor via the standard freelance elf report.

Test Flights Have Resumed

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Many of you have been asking. We are pleased to announce that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh have resumed after a few unexpected delays.

The tracking map is now live on SantaTrackers.net only and only for registered elves.

We expect updates at least once daily.

Flight Command is working on an update to address the status of Santa’s sleigh and the anticipated flight path over the next several weeks.