Greetings Elves of Sector 2. The signal just came from North Pole Flight Command: we are now officially in the Red Zone.
It’s Christmas Eve!
We do not have any reporting needs at this time.
There are many active sleighs in our sector already. Keep your eyes peeled.
Elves, Trackers and Believers Worldwide:
No doubt you have heard the news of challenges we have had this past week with Operation Airlift. The news coming out of Flight Command in recent hours has not been any better.
While I am unable to give you an estimate of exactly how far behind we are I can provide you with information of how we are going to deal with this problem. As elves, working together around the world, we are confident we can help Santa deliver on time and safely, regardless of the weather.
Here is the challenge: Operation Airlift is 100% to Sectors 1, 2 and 3. We have deliberately distributed what Santa needs to those sectors first.
That does not mean we can have trackers and support personnel in Sectors 1,2 and 3 rest easy, however. We need you more than ever.
Why?
Because Elf Buck Sanchez and his team in flight operations at the North Pole are changing tactics in their struggle to get sleighs out. We have expanded sleigh launches from the Sleigh Barn and the Reindeer Barn, in addition to what you have heard about the Field House at North Pole High School. We are also working still to free a runway at the Sleigh Port to launch sleighs as well.
That multi-front operation means sleighs are leaving the North Pole under challenging storm conditions in every direction. That means those sleighs, as the surface above the storm, are headed into every sector. This will be true for the next 18 hours at least.
This is not our preferred method of doing this. We are working the sleigh traffic controllers at Flight Command, in every Regional Tracking Center, and on every ship of the North Pole Navy, at a highly complex level.
There are, as of right now, more sleighs in the skies than there ever have been in history. That number will increase and peak in the hours ahead.
Bearing all that in mind, please make it a REGULAR habit today to watch the skies where you are, day and night. If you see what you think is a sleigh, take photos or videos and submit it.
But more important than sleighs, and this is very unusual, is your observance of ALL AIR TRAFFIC.
I want all elves in each sector, where possible, to submit an AIR TRAFFIC report every six hours. I know this is asking a lot.
In addition, please keep weather reports coming every six hours as well. In fact, do both reports and submit them at the same time.
We’re not just trying to help Santa here: we’re trying to help every sleigh pilot up there in every area as well as every sleigh traffic controller.
I hope this instruction is clear.
If you have questions, please use the comment area below.
Thanks!
Greetings from Kochi, India!
North Pole Flight Command has informed me that we have a lot of sleighs in the skies associated with Operation Airlift either here now or coming soon over the next 48 hours.
From those elves who are able we need fresh, updated weather reports from all trackers who are able to supply them from their locations EVERY 8 HOURS.
We can do this!
If you have any questions please post them below.
Thanks!
Sector 2, we have been summoned. North Pole Flight Command has authorized our sector for check. Please check in below:
Elf Crash Murphy, International Director of Santa Trackers, has informed me that a lot of effort will be made before Santa launches to answer your questions.
There will be the North Pole Chat on Sunday at 10AM EST as well as late news being posted on all official North Pole websites all weekend. Crash also says he and Frank will do a podcast that focuses on the current needs Santa has as well as the questions you might have.
Please respond to this post below with questions you want to submit. You can alternatively send them to me via Private Message (for North Pole Elves part of the Elf Community).
We want to take questions from ALL tracker elves tracking Santa for Santa, so please use the comment area below to ask.
I think Elf Frank and Elf Crash plan to release that podcast sometime on Saturday, so you’ve got plenty of time to ask your questions.
Thanks!
Due to circumstances related to Operation Airlift we have decided to move up the check-in process worldwide.
Check-ins will be announced via your Elf Supervisor beginning on Saturday, December 21st instead of our original plan of the 22nd.
Tracker Check-in is a process that tells your Elf Supervisor that you are or are not available to work tracking Santa for Santa.
We remind you that Santa is very concerned for your time with your family during this important season. As such, do not feel bad if you cannot be available all the time between the 21st and when Santa arrives at your home.
We appreciate what time you can dedicate to the cause of tracking Santa for Santa.
It is anticipated that this weekend will be filled with news and direction from the Elf Supervisors.
We invite you to participate, if your schedule allows, in the scheduled North Pole chat set for Sunday, December 22nd. I will be hosting that chat and will be able to share and answer questions about the latest in the status of Operation Merry Christmas.
Operation Airlift is off schedule. North Pole Flight Command has had to modify their original plans due to difficulties in getting sleighs launched from the North Pole.
As such, we anticipate this weekend will be filled with a lot of breaking news. We may be asking for reports or observations from local areas that go beyond the norm.
If time allows, Elf Frank and I will likely release a new SantaTrackers.net Podcast to discuss issues this weekend as well.
I encourage you all to read what Elf Ed Zachary posted earlier today. It may help you understand the challenges we are facing as a team in helping Santa get around the world.
As for Santa, he is well aware of the situation and is monitoring things. He plans to continue his visits with believers. At this time, he does not plan a return to the North Pole at a different time than scheduled. He continues to check in with Elf Roger Star on the status of Operation Airlift.
Santa has instructed me to check in with him every 12 hours. Those quick check-ins are by phone and I remain ready to not only forward our questions and concerns to Santa but also to receive his direction.
I will be posting as needed over the next several days so that you know what is going on and how you can help during this time.
Thank you.
Elves of Sector 2 – an urgent request has been given to us to get done a Local Christmas Report from all areas.
This came from a meeting with North Pole Flight Command earlier today.
The topic of the meeting was the Christmas Spirit, which is always of concern to Santa. For some reason, he’s VERY concerned about it right now.
What is the Christmas Spirit like where you are? That’s the urgent question.
Please go to this report and complete it as soon as possible.
Thanks.
Do you see sleighs?
For whatever reason the test flights of Santa’s sleigh are over our sector. That, plus the fact the Operation Air Lift is now underway, there are a lot of signs in our skies of activity.
Add to that the phenomenon of UFOs and visible satellites in the skies these days and there are a lot of things going on.
Where possible, try to capture photos or videos of anything that looks like a sleigh to you in the skies.
We’ve have had a few reports sent in the past couple of weeks. Keep them coming. Use this report.
Hi Elves!
Crash here – if you are new and you don’t know me, my name is Elf Crash Murphy and I’m the International Director of Santa Trackers. We makes me, more or less, the Head Elf, YOUR Head Elf, your boss’ boss. In my humble way, I’m here to tell ya what to do.
Now, if you follow along at SantaUpdate.com – and you should – then you likely know me from my North Pole Radio News reports as that guy who follows Santa every Christmas Eve and gives out news reports. That’s my Christmas Eve job, and it makes me, well, some people like to call me, the Ultimate Santa Tracker.
Anyway, if you’re new and don’t know what to do, relax. We’ll get you trained. There are lots of elves here to help you.
Right now and for the next five weeks or so we will be getting lots of new elves. There’s always mass confusion because a new elf wants to do everything. They want to tell other elves what to do, they want every elf job out there and they want to ride with Santa on his sleigh.
Well, again, relax. Ain’t none of that is going to happen because you are a new elf. And you have to learn to be the tracker elf you are before you get to do any of that stuff.
So, relax! We’ve all been there. Once upon a time we were all new elves.
So what should you be doing? Glad you asked!
I got together with all the Elf Supervisors and made this list. I’m banning the posting of news until at least the first part of next week (Monday, November 25th), so that you can catch up with the following things:
Now let me give you some stuff NOT to do:
Ok, now let me just ask our veteran elves who have been here more than a year to do a few things:
Ok, you got questions? Ask them in the comments below.
Thank you, Elves.
Elves of Sector 2,
Flight Command and North Pole Security are both advising us about some disturbing information coming out of Southeast Asia.
It would behoove elves in all areas of our sector if they are able to send in a public observance report as soon as you can.
Santa often reminds us that the central message of Christmas is peace. Is there peace where you are?
Don’t be surprised if we don’t follow up on this with a Local Christmas Report sometime in the coming weeks.
But for right now please get out there wherever you are in the sector and tell us what you see of the general public and then send in a Public Observance Report.
Thanks
Elves,
According to North Pole Flight Command Santa himself has requested a Local Christmas Report for as many areas of Sector 2 as we can send in. This needs to be done as soon as you are able.
Please see this link to access the Local Christmas Report.
Thanks!
We have a real need for elves who speak Chinese in Sector 2. China is a huge country and we are starting to see some good growth in our elf numbers. However, these are mostly freelance elves who cannot come to this site because it’s not in Chinese.
I do not know how big of a job it would be to get the community to be inclusive of those who speak Chinese but I believe we need to start by finding elves in Sector who speak both Chinese and English to help get this project off the ground.
If you are a Chinese speaking elf who also knows English, please reach out to me personally. This will take us some time but I feel it will be worth the effort.
