Greetings, elves of Sector 1. We had a pretty good week last week. Here are the numbers: North Pole Tracker Elves: 4,315 Freelance Tracker Elves: 561,887 Total Tracker Elves: 566,202 North Pole Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 17,692 Freelance Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 1,966,605 Total Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 1,984,296 Feedback from Santa this week for... Read more
Category: Sector 1
Biggest Week of the Year So Far
Greetings Elves! I am pleased to report that last week saw a huge increase in the number of new elves and new reports tallied in North Pole Flight Command. This is not entirely a surprise. The week of Thanksgiving usually sees a big increase in interest in tracking Santa for Santa. So many people out... Read more
Chat with Santa
Chat with Santa Claus this Sunday in North Pole Chat at SantaUpdate.com. This event has been posted at SantaUpdate.com for about a week now but I wanted to make note of it here as well. Santa has very limited availability this year due to all of his travels before Christmas so we want to make... Read more
Celebrate the Elf Parade
The Thanksgiving Day Elf Parade is a tradition celebrated by elves everywhere - including you! (We hope) Just as we did last year, we are encouraging tracker elves everywhere to join in the festivities of Thanksgiving by sharing photos of themselves in their elf outfit, of their home tracking center, of their decorated trikes, bikes,... Read more
Sector 1 Weekly Report
As reported yesterday by Elf Roger Star and as requested by Santa, here is a recap of activities in Sector 1 to date: North Pole Tracker Elves: 4,358 Freelance Tracker Elves: 403,561 Total Tracker Elves: 407,919 North Pole Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 13,510 Freelance Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 1,251,039 Total Tracker Elf Reports YTD: 1,264,549... Read more
Tracker Elf Conference Survey
A tracker elf conference is held every December. This has been the tradition of the past five years. Key elves from Flight Command and even Santa himself take the time to discuss tracking Santa for Santa and what is needed in that particular year. The Elf Supervisors are thinking of doing the Tracker Elf Conference... Read more
Elf Chat Scheduled
Elf Chat this week welcomes Elf Crash Murphy on Saturday, November 5th at 6pm EST on SantaTrackers.net. Elf Crash Murphy serves as Santa's eye-in-the-sky reporter. For more than a decade he has followed Santa on Christmas Eve and reported his activities during the Tracking Santa Around the World Show on Kringle Radio. Elf Crash has... Read more
Improvements Seen in Elf Reports
I have reviewed the progress so far in each Sector. I have met with each Elf Supervisor. I am pleased to report that thanks to change initiated by Santa after last Christmas that we find ourselves way ahead of last year in terms of information we have and the preparations we are making for Santa's... Read more
Heads-up for Sector 1
Fellow Trackers! North Pole Flight Command has now confirmed that the test flights of Santa's sleigh will once again be over the skies of Sector 1 very soon. We are yet to see an "official" sighting of Santa's sleigh during the test flight phase and I believe this next round of flights in our sector... Read more
Questions from Students and Teachers
Questions from students and teachers are featured in the newest episode of the Santa Trackers Podcast. I have been talking with school teachers from around the world for several months and answering their questions - well, most of their questions. This episode features questions Elf Crash Murphy answers - and that's because he follows Santa... Read more
Elf Moe Makes an Announcement
Elf Chat on Sunday, October 2nd, featured Elf Moe, who's usual role is that of standards enforcement here on SantaTrackers.net. He also has served as a backup to Elf Max on administrative duties. In this important chat Elf Moe discusses with Elf Ernest the current situation with Elf Max, who has been ill these past... Read more
Test Flights Fail in Hurricane
North Pole Flight Command just posted a stunning update: the test flights of Santa's sleigh have failed during purposeful test flights into Hurricane Ian. Evidently Flight Command saw the catastrophic storm as an unusual opportunity and sent the test flights right into the path of the hurricane. It didn't go well. Another version of the... Read more