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
Category: Sector 4
Report for Sector 4
Hola, amigos! As we head into the week of Thanksgiving, this is where we stand as a sector: North Pole Tracker Elves: 2,496 Freelance Tracker Elves: 471,221 Total Tracker Elves: 473,717 And here is our report tally for the week: North Pole Tracker Elf Reports: 8,237 Freelance Tracker Elf Reports: 1,460,785 Total Tracker Elf Reports:... 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
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
Chimney Inspections Due
Elves of Sector 4 - hola! North Pole Flight Command has instructed me to begin collection of Chimney Inspection Reports within our sector. We are hoping to have these completed and turned in by November 19th. If you are not a North Pole Elf, please use the freelance elf report form found at this link.... 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
Outage Affects News Operations
All of the North Pole has struggled to maintain contact with the outside world since late last Wednesday night. A fierce and prolonged winter blizzard laid waste to new fiber optic cables being installed to upgrade North Pole infrastructure. The surprise storm also disrupted all outdoor activities and ground traffic as well as delayed flight... Read more
Sector 4 Alerted AGAIN!
Trackers of Sector 4: North Pole Flight Command has just informed the Regional Tracking Center here in Milagro, Ecuador to expect sleighs over our skies very soon. This is a legitimate alert. I am awaiting some kind of official announcement from North Pole Flight Command that test flights are resuming. But I have not seen... Read more