Hey gang - I just received word that Sector 5 will soon be the location for the first heavy weather test flights of Santa's sleigh. We believe these test flights will begin in about 10 days to 2 weeks. That gives us more time to recruit weather tracking elves in our sector. Of particular focus... Read more
Category: Sector 5
New Elves Will Wait
In Elf Chat today Elf Crash Murphy announced that Elf Roger Star will outline more changes this week that will affect newly signed-on elves at SantaTrackers.net. According to Crash new elves will have to work in a freelance capacity for at least 90 days and will be required to have their elf supervisor endorsement before... Read more
Test Flights Begin July 26th
Test flights of Santa's sleigh are scheduled to begin in Sector 4 starting sometime on Monday, July 26th, North Pole Flight Command has announced. We are not sure yet if the tracking map for those first flights will be ready or not by that date. We are expecting an announcement from Elf Tubby Ryder, elf... Read more
First Ever Regional HQ Announced for Africa
Historic news was announced at North Pole Flight Command today for Sector 3, which covers the continents of Africa and Europe. South Africa's city of Bethlehem will host the first-ever regional tracking center in Africa. Bethlehem, South Africa, joins Bethlehem, Palestine, this year as hosts for their sectors. This is the first time in history... Read more
Sector 5 Announces Regional HQ
Mistletoe, Kentucky will be home to the regional tracking center for Sector 5, covering North and Central America. Elf Pinky and team have been recorded by North Pole Flight Command as being already in the area to get the tracking center set up. They are hoping to have it online by the time test flights... Read more
Christmas in July Chats
Christmas in July chats have been announced for July 23rd and 24th. For tracker elves, a special discussion will take place in Elf Chat with Elves Ernest and Crash: This will be held on Saturday, July 23rd at 2pm EST in Elf Chat. Chat with the Clauses! Santa and Mrs. Claus will both be chatting... Read more
Tracker Elf Press Conference Coverage
The annual tracker elf press conference where the new recruiting goal for tracker elves is announced is now underway. Please use the player embedded to listen to it instead of the live Kringle Radio feed, which we understand is experiencing some technical issues this morning. We have been told that the events today are being... Read more
Tracker Elf Press Conference Just Hours Away
North Pole Flight Command has just sent out a reminder of the annual tracker elf press conference, scheduled tomorrow, July 11th at around Noon EST. Coverage will be on all official North Pole News websites - SantaUpdate.com, SantaTrackers.net and NorthPoleFlightCommand.com This is a highly anticipated event. For each of the last five years Santa has... Read more
Christmas in July at the North Pole
Christmas in July is the topic of this brief new episode of the Santa Trackers Podcast with elves Frank & Crash. There's a big difference between Elf Frank and Elf Crash. Crash is a very social elf who participates in most big events at the North Pole, while Elf Frank tends to hold back a... Read more
Leon Day Chat Recap
It was a light-hearted and eventful fun chat today in Elf Chat as several North Pole elves and even Santa stopped in to say hello. And Frank and Crash pranked each other good, in true Leon Day fashion. Here is the chat transcript: Elf Ernest Hi Max! Elf Max Hi there. Thanks for being here!... Read more
Chat Recap with Elf Roger Star
Elf Roger Star was in the hot seat today, fulfilling the chat he missed in April to provide an update on the tracker elf program. Elf Roger also took questions today about issues in Flight Command and why Elves Frank and Crash could not get anyone there to talk to them. It was an interesting... Read more
Half Way to Christmas This Weekend
Happy half way to Christmas! Today we celebrate Leon Day at the North Pole. "Leon" is Noel spelled backwards, which makes this day a little silly. It is kind of like April Fool's Day for elves. Folks here do things backwards, enjoy pranking each other and decorating where they can for Christmas, even though it's... Read more