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The North Pole Schedule: Chat Recap

October 10, 2021/2 Comments/in Chat Recap, Christmas Newswire, Tracking News/by Elf Harold Star

The North Pole Schedule was the topic of a chat with Elf Ernest, Senior Vice President of Public Relations at the North Pole. The chat was held with Elf Ernest and Elf Max on Saturday, October 9 in Elf Chat.

The purpose of the chat was to answer some questions that had come in about planned events at the North Pole and to review the general information about the event themselves.

This is a very busy time of year at the North Pole. Not only are all preparations being made for Santa’s flight but production is ramped up in Santa’s workshop, the reindeer are in training, and elves everywhere are getting ready for Operation Merry Christmas.

Here is that discussion, rich with details about the North Pole Halloween Party especially:

Elf Max	Hi Ernest, thanks for being here today
Elf Max	Our chat will discuss the schedule at the North Pole in the coming weeks
Elf Max	Just so everyone knows, I will briefly discuss this with Elf Ernest
Elf Max	Then we will open the chat up for whatever questions folks might have
Elf Ernest	Thanks, Max
Elf Max	Ernest, we have a calendar, so why is this discussion happening today?
Elf Ernest	Well, we do publish what is coming up but I think they sometimes generate a lot of questions
Elf Max	So today we’re going to work on answers to those questions?
Elf Ernest	Yeah. It’s the little stuff you can’t put on the calendar. I think the North Pole Halloween Party and the Elf Parade are the ones generating most of the questions
Elf Max	Ah, I get it now.
Elf Max	So where do we begin?
Elf Ernest	Well, there are a number of chats – some already on the calendar, and several yet to be added
Elf Max	Yes, I think Elf Sandy Claus is the headliner at North Pole Chat this month
Elf Ernest	Yes, that’s right. That has been on the calendar for a long time. She will be chatting about elf jobs
Elf Max	Right – a lot of people have questions!
Elf Ernest	Yes, as we expected. Sandy is super busy so this will be a great time to catch her
Elf Max	Ok, so the chats are going to increase in frequency. Good to know. What else is coming up?
Elf Ernest	Well, the big Halloween Party is happening at the North Pole again.
Elf Max	Yes, that’s a big news item and popular event. Why would tracker elves want to know about it?
Elf Ernest	Well, it’s impossible for them to join the party, cause it’s at the North Pole, but you wouldn’t believe the questions we get
Elf Max	Oh, like what?
Elf Ernest	Just the fun stuff, you know, like the costumes certain elves are making or wearing
Elf Max	Maybe we should do a chat with some of those elves to talk about it?
Elf Ernest	We might. We also are kicking around the idea of maybe a special Halloween episode of the North Pole Podcast
Elf Max	Ok. What else besides costumes do they want to know about?
Elf Ernest	Well, the party itself. They know about the annual food fight but they want more details about other stuff
Elf Max	Like what?
Elf Ernest	The games and the activities
Elf Max	Ok…can you give me an example of one of those?
Elf Ernest	Well, we bob for snowballs.
Elf Max	You…wait, WHAT?
Elf Ernest	Yeah, it’s different but it’s a scream
Elf Max	It sounds cold. How does it work?
Elf Ernest	Well it starts with a big tub of hot chocolate…
Elf Max	Huh?
Elf Ernest	Yeah, we put snowballs in it and elves have to fish them out before they melt. You get an elf on either side and the one who fishes out the most snowballs wins.
Elf Max	But…sticking their faces in HOT chocolate? Won’t that burn?
Elf Ernest	It’s not that hot….it’s merely warm. And a little sticky
Elf Max	Ok, now that’s a very different Halloween game. I like it!
Elf Ernest	It’s very popular. Almost as popular as the limbo contest
Elf Max	I have heard about that.
Elf Ernest	The limbo contest is very traditional. It’s how low you can go and elves just love to compete in it
Elf Max	The Halloween Party at the North Pole is always big. But Halloween this year is on a Sunday, I think
Elf Ernest	Yes, good point. The party is on Saturday. And the elves working Santa’s sleigh will take a break and come home for that weekend.
Elf Max	Ok, we look forward to the news coverage of the Halloween party. What happens next?
Elf Ernest	Well, that period between Halloween and Thanksgiving is really the big time for decorating homes at the North Pole
Elf Max	Oh yeah, I forgot about that
Elf Ernest	Yeah, it’s a quiet time, a little bit, because elves are in their homes, stringing lights and putting up trees but trying to hide what they are doing from everyone else
Elf Max	Why are they hiding?
Elf Ernest	Well, on Thanksgiving evening there’s a contest
Elf Ernest	Santa goes on walkabout and the entire village goes with him to see all the homes and the lights
Elf Ernest	There’s a prize for the best decorated
Elf Max	Oh I see
Elf Ernest	Yeah, if there’s a competition elves are all over it.
Elf Max	Yeah. I’d be the same way
Elf Ernest	But that’s really the end of a very long and fun day at the North Pole
Elf Max	Yes, I’m learning that people want to know more
Elf Ernest	Thanksgiving Day begins with the Elf Parade. Which is a HUGE deal
Elf Max	Yes, lots of questions about that, Ernest. Many elves around the world want to participate
Elf Ernest	They will get their chance. We are going to hold a little contest for elves out there who want to dress up, decorate their trikes or bikes, and upload their pictures or videos to SantaUpdate.com
Elf Max	Oh, that sounds fun!
Elf Ernest	Yes, we’d love to see how creative our remote elves can be with this
Elf Ernest	You know, Santa started this parade many, many years ago as a way for the elves to have some fun during a pretty stressful time
Elf Ernest	And they do that, it’s very much an event with a lot of creativity, lots of smiles and good laughs
Elf Max	It sounds like a ton of fun. Will there be radio coverage from the parade this year?
Elf Ernest	Yes, and we’re looking at ways to make it more detailed – maybe a radio show instead of just a news report this year
Elf Max	Oh wow, that would be cool
Elf Ernest	Yeah, we’re talking to the news guys about it. Nothing official to announce yet but maybe we’ll have something soon
Elf Max	Very exciting!
Elf Max	What happens between the Elf Parade and the walkabout with Santa?
Elf Ernest	Well, there’s the big North Pole Thanksgiving luncheon, you know, turkey with all the trimmings.
Elf Max	Of course! Duh….
Elf Max	What about the next day?
Elf Ernest	The next day is what is sometimes referred to as the launch of Operation Merry Christmas
Elf Ernest	Early, early in the morning in Santa’s workshop there’s a little ceremony
Elf Ernest	High at the top of the ceiling in the atrium is a giant clock
Elf Ernest	On day #1 of Operation Merry Christmas, the day after Thanksgiving, that clock begins a long descent…dropping a little each day until Santa launches
Elf Ernest	By the time launch day arrives the clock is just about at eye level for most workshop workers
Elf Max	Why in the workshop? Why doesn’t this happen, say, out in the village?
Elf Ernest	Well, this is a very very old tradition at the workshop. Back in the day the workshop is where EVERYTHING happened. The mailroom was in there, the wrapping was done in there, and the sleigh was built in there
Elf Max	Oh wow. I had no idea
Elf Ernest	Yeah, so when it was all together the clock kind of was the center of focus for everyone
Elf Ernest	But of course each of these departments have grown and have moved out of the workshop as the population of the world has changed things for us
Elf Max	Do other departments have clocks too? Even if they are separate?
Elf Ernest	Actually, in a nod to modern technology, they have web cams
Elf Max	Seriously?
Elf Ernest	Yes, the clock is continually shown on big screens in every department. Even North Pole Flight Command works from that little web cam image
Elf Max	That’s really amazing
Elf Ernest	Again, just one of those little details
Elf Max	After that weekend…is that pretty much it for events at the North Pole?
Elf Ernest	Well, no – there are lots of little events that happen in the run up to Christmas. Traditional stuff like concerts
Elf Ernest	There is a production of A Christmas Carol that runs on the Village Stage
Elf Max	What’s the Village Stage?
Elf Ernest	It’s our local theater
Elf Max	Oh
Elf Ernest	There is a devotional at the North Pole Chapel on the Sunday before Christmas which is also really traditional
Elf Ernest	But honestly, once that clock starts dropping we’re all focused on one thing and that’s getting Santa’s sleigh off the ground
Elf Max	Ok…Ernest, thank you for all this great detail today.
Elf Ernest	My pleasure. We will try to share as much as we can as we go along with the Santa updates
Elf Max	We all watch for them religiously!
Elf Ernest	Thank you, I appreciate it

Secrets of Santa Explored in New Santa Tracker Podcast

October 5, 2021/1 Comment/in Christmas Newswire, Tracking News/by Elf Max

Elf Frank Myrrh has just posted a new episode of the Santa Trackers Podcast addressing the secrets of Santa’s flight. This interesting episode expands on the controversial recent episode of the North Pole Podcast over at SantaUpdate.com, titled Around the World in One Night.

Here is the new tracker episode:

While there is a lot of talk about non-believers in this episode I like to focus instead on the meatier topics related to Santa’s flight plan and all that goes into making that historic sleigh ride every Christmas.

I hope Frank and Crash continue to answer track elf questions in this fashion. It’s very interesting.

SantaTrackers.net Flooded with Applications

October 2, 2021/2 Comments/in Santa Tracker Herald Star, Tracking News/by Elf Harold Star

SantaTrackers.net is seeing an unprecedented number of new tracker elf registrations. Emergency meetings held late Friday, October 1st, saw elves added to SantaTracker.net support from other departments.

“Elf Max and his team at SantaTrackers.net have done an exemplary job in building that website and supporting the new elf community there,” Elf Ernest, Senior Vice President of Public Relations said. “But with Santa’s call for 200 million tracker elves by the time he launches is resulting in a dynamic never seen in the history of that site. We had to get them some help.”

SantaTrackers.net is in its 5th year of operation. Elf Ernest said the greatest burden is with the Department of Elf Resources, which is slammed with new elf applications, elf job requests, as well as questions from new elves all over the world.

Elf Ernest indicates that elves from administrative teams at the North Pole Post Office, the Wrapping Department, Public Relations and Reindeer Operations have all been shifted in duties to help with the needs at SantaTrackers.net.

Elf Roger Star, International Director of Santa Trackers, says the needs will only continue to grow in the weeks ahead.

“It is important to realize these are administrative needs – evaluating elf talent, interviewing elves, pushing paperwork and consulting with Santa and Elf Supervisors – all stuff that does not require tracker elf knowledge per se,” Elf Roger said. “We just need to get elves in place, get them trained, and answer their concerns before Santa flies. Right now, there’s a log jam in just getting the registered and counted. We’ll be working on this for the next several weeks and all this elf power shifted to the Department of Elf Resources and the work they do for SantaTrackers.net will be really helpful.”

Elf Max will continue to spearhead elf communications and site management. He will be supported in scheduled chats by trained elves and, of course, by the news teams.

We hope the elves frequenting SantaTrackers.net will bear with us as we go through these growing pains over the next several weeks.

Sector 2 Recruiting Strong in Early Season

September 29, 2021/0 Comments/in Sector 2, Tracking News/by Elf Clif Moyer

I’m so doggone proud of you elves in Sector 2. We have one of the largest areas to cover but our number of elves are the lowest of any other sector. There simply are not enough believers in Asia and the Middle East. But, despite these challenges, we showed a 3.1% increase over goal in recruiting elves last month – Better than 3 other sectors!

We have a very high percentage of freelance elves in Sector 2, and that’s ok. It means we are not well represented here on SantaTrackers.net but our coverage for Santa is improving all the time.

Our goal overall for this year is 11 million elves – a pretty small percentage compared to the overall goal of 200 million that Santa wants around the world. Even still, we’re going to be challenged to get there.

Right now, as I write this, we’re looking at about 3.5 million elves so far in our area. So we have a big, big job to do.

Keep the faith, elves. I know we can do it!

You Could See the Test Flights

September 28, 2021/1 Comment/in Sector 1, Tracking News/by Elf Randi Hume

Elves of Sector 1 – you could see the test flights very soon in certain areas.

I just received word from Flight Command that the test flights of Santa’s sleigh will soon be headed our way. They have been over Europe for the better part of the last month. They are finally changing to a new position and they have some interesting work to do in Australia.

I have been informed that next week the test flights of Santa’s sleigh will be performing a mapping mission over Australia. I do not yet know how many days they will be there but I can tell you that Australia is a big place and mapping takes some time to do.

Here’s the thing to really know about mapping: it’s a process that requires the sleigh to fly during daylight hours and it also requires flying fairly slow at a low altitude. In other words, these flights are going to be VERY easy to see.

Follow the sleigh’s progress via the Santa Tracker. I don’t know the days for sure they will be doing this but I’m told it should start next week.

Now, here’s the important part with all this for our tracker elves in Australia. Guys, if you have the time, TRY TO GET PICTURES OF THIS. K?

It would be really cool if one of our elves out there could pull this off. North Pole Flight Command doesn’t think it can happen but I do and I believe it would be really cool. So let’s give it a shot, shall we?

I think it would help with our recruiting. We’re not doing too bad, just over 9 million elves so far in Sector 1. We need to get 19 million this year – so we have a ways to go. This would give us a big boost!

Thanks you guys!

How Tracking Santa for Santa Works

September 28, 2021/4 Comments/in Christmas Newswire, Tracking News/by Elf Harold Star

How Tracking Santa for Santa Works was the title of a special elf chat between Elf Max and Elf Roger Star, International Director of Santa Trackers at the North Pole. Here is their conversation:

Elf Max	Hello, Elves. Our chat with Elf Roger Star will begin at the top of the hour.
Elf Max	Today’s chat is an informational event, meaning Elf Roger and I will hold a discussion that will be archived. It is designed to be reviewed later by those who cannot attend.
Elf Max	If you have questions you want to ask, please wait until Roger and I have completed our discussion.
Elf Roger Star	Hello, Max. Let’s go.
Elf Max	Joining us today is Elf Roger Star, International Director of Santa Trackers at the North Pole
Elf Max	Roger is here to provide information about How Tracking Santa for Santa Works. Roger, what’s the first thing people need to know about tracking Santa?
Elf Roger Star	I think it is important that people understand that the way we track Santa is not the way most people track Santa
Elf Max	What do you mean?
Elf Roger Star	In the age of the Internet there are a lot of websites out there who put up a map and just say “There’s Santa”. That is how they track him. We can’t do that.
Elf Max	Why not?
Elf Roger Star	Our job, as elves, is to help Santa get around the world.
Elf Roger Star	So our tracking of Santa comes with some responsibility TO Santa.
Elf Roger Star	We, as tracker elves, feed information about our local area to North Pole Flight Command
Elf Roger Star	Flight Command then organizes that information and feeds it to Santa
Elf Roger Star	That requires tracker elves to know where Santa is at all times and to know what Flight Command needs in order to help Santa
Elf Max	Roger, why has the North Pole set it up this way?
Elf Roger Star	Well, the world is a big place. When we first started, Flight Command was set up as a means to just communicate with Santa
Elf Roger Star	He took off into the world and he had to deal with whatever he ran into
Elf Roger Star	Flight Command, after a few years, started sending out scouts to different parts of the world ahead of Santa
Elf Roger Star	Just so that he could know before he got somewhere if he would run into any problems
Elf Roger Star	But we found we just didn’t have enough elves to do that. The answer was to get more elves
Elf Roger Star	So since that time we have slowly working to find people who could be an elf, who wanted to help Santa, and who could give timely information about stuff going on where they live that could be passed along to Santa
Elf Max	Okay, so how does tracking Santa for Santa then work?
Elf Roger Star	Most wait until Christmas Eve to look at their maps to see where Santa is. Many in some parts of the world are surprised to learn that Santa has already taken off
Elf Roger Star	In tracking Santa we do not believe in surprises, Max
Elf Roger Star	We believe in planning. Elves should know ahead of time when Santa is taking off, where he is headed and what information he requires.
Elf Max	So you’re saying someone tracking Santa here cannot wait until December 24th to get started.
Elf Roger Star	Correct
Elf Roger Star	It is vital that weeks and months ahead of time they are on the North Pole websites.
Elf Roger Star	They should be reading the North Pole News
Elf Roger Star	They should know what’s happening with the development and test flights of Santa’s sleigh
Elf Roger Star	They should be up on the condition and readiness of the reindeer
Elf Roger Star	And they should be training to understand how to fill out reports for the North Pole for when it really counts
Elf Max	Well, how do they know when it counts?
Elf Roger Star	Well, obviously not much is going to count until December
Elf Roger Star	But honestly, it is set up in such a way that an Elf Supervisor can say to all the elves in their sector “Hey, Santa wants a roof report”, and then they would send in that report for their area right away
Elf Max	Will there be a lot of calls for that in December?
Elf Roger Star	It depends, but, yeah, there could be. Santa is a planner and to plan he needs information. He might want to know the specific weather report for certain areas, or maybe if there are construction delays in some places. It just depends.
Elf Roger Star	We really don’t know what he will want to know or when he will want to know it.
Elf Roger Star	As a general rule, I’d say elves tracking Santa for Santa need to be ready to supply information up to a whole week before Santa takes off.
Elf Max	Wow…that IS tracking Santa different. Roger, what goes in to tracking Santa from the North Pole perspective?
Elf Roger Star	Well we have a lot more to worry about than just know how Santa flies.
Elf Roger Star	Flight Command is following not just Santa’s sleigh, but thousands of sleighs.
Elf Roger Star	Long before Santa takes flight we launch something we call Operation Airlift
Elf Roger Star	It uses thousands of sleighs who do different things in support of Santa
Elf Roger Star	We still send out scout sleighs
Elf Roger Star	We send out weather trackers, sleighs that stay in the skies constantly to report on severe weather issues all over the world
Elf Roger Star	And of course, we coordinate the moving of a lot of freight
Elf Roger Star	Santa’s sleigh can only hold so much stuff and his sack only holds less than that
Elf Roger Star	We support Santa by keeping him continually stocked with the stuff that he delivers
Elf Roger Star	That effort alone takes better than 40,000 sleighs and hundreds of thousands of elves
Elf Roger Star	Sleighs are taking off and coming in to the sleigh port long before Santa takes off and long after he returns
Elf Roger Star	There are a lot of things in motion
Elf Max	Does Flight Command have one map that shows all those flights?
Elf Roger Star	No, it’s too confusing to do that. And it is information, a lot of it, that people don’t need.
Elf Roger Star	What we try to stay focused on is Santa. That’s the most important sleigh. The rest of it is managed by responsible elves who also have to know where Santa is all the time
Elf Max	Are their any conflicts in the air with so many sleighs flying around?
Elf Roger Star	We have never had an accidents. We stagger the sleighs at different altitudes. Outbound flights will fly at one altittude and inbound in another – and Santa can go wherever he needs to go. We keep the other sleighs out of his way
Elf Max	Roger, what are the odds that people out there in the world can see a flying sleigh on December 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th?
Elf Roger Star	Actually, the odds are pretty good. It is hard to keep that many sleighs hidden.
Elf Max	Do you want them to be hidden?
Elf Roger Star	We want them to be safe. The less people can see them the lower the chances of something bad happening.
Elf Max	Let’s talk about what happens in the skies BEFORE Santa takes off. What is that process?
Elf Roger Star	Our first flights of Operation Merry Christmas usually launch around December 22nd. Those flights are dedicated to tracking weather events around the world. They are the sleighs and the reindeer who stay up the longest
Elf Max	Do trackers track those flights?
Elf Roger Star	No, these are very technical sleighs we send. They are wired to the teeth. We manage them mostly online, using special technology
Elf Max	Ok, then what happens?
Elf Roger Star	Well, all that time we are gathering information from our Regional tracking centers. The is a tracking center for each sector. We use that information to make lists of follow-up information we might need.
Elf Max	You lost me, what does that mean?
Elf Roger Star	Each Regional Tracking Center, from the day they open, sends in a daily report. Even now at the end of September we get that information.
Elf Roger Star	From those reports we match up what is known about believers in that sector. Using Santa’s lists and combining what we know, we develop new lists of stuff we’re concerned about.
Elf Roger Star	Let me give you an example from Sector 1, where there are a lot of islands.
Elf Roger Star	There’s a little island not far off the coast of New Zealand. A believer there by the name of Mela is someone Santa has special information about.
Elf Roger Star	But this is an isolated, small island where high winds are frequently a problem. Landing a sleigh there is tough
Elf Roger Star	So, we are studying weather patterns and wind tendencies on that island. Santa has a mission to deliver for Mela and he does not want to fail.
Elf Roger Star	Our job, between now and Christmas, is to make it safe for Santa to get in and out of there.
Elf Roger Star	Fortunately, we have a tracker elf on that island, an elf we know as Elf Pringle. Pringle is feeding us instrument readings.
Elf Roger Star	Now, granted, that’s an unusual request for a tracker elf. But he’s willing to do it and he’s doing good work.
Elf Roger Star	We are confident that between now and Christmas we will have all we need to direct Santa so that he and the reindeer can go there safely and deliver
Elf Roger Star	We have millions of such situations. Some require more information that others. But all of them require a lot of work.
Elf Max	Wow, I had no idea. That’s really detailed. How can North Pole Flight Command keep all this straight?
Elf Roger Star	Well, we’re not perfect but we work hard to help Santa as much as we can.
Elf Max	Roger, thank you for taking the time to explain this. Will you be available for follow-up questions?
Elf Roger Star	Of course. We can schedule more chats, handle questions by message or email. We will do whatever we can to train the millions of elves Santa is asking for.
Elf Max	Great, thanks for the chat today, Roger.
Elf Roger Star	Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Chat with Elf Roger Star Re-Scheduled

September 25, 2021/3 Comments/in Tracking News/by Elf Max

Due to a technical conflict and a request out of Sector 3 the chat with Elf Roger Star has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday.

The chat, titled “How Tracking Santa for Santa Works”, will be held at 12pm EST. That time is in the evening hours in Sector 3 and a request came in via Elf Rolf to hold the chat then. It might be a little early for Sectors 4 and 5 but some might be able to make it, especially school teachers who might want to be involved.

The chat is the first in a series of chats designed to give basic information from North Pole Flight Command for newer elves.

The chat will be archived and made available online for those who cannot attend.

We appreciate your understanding for this change.

Millions of Elves Recruited Since August

September 21, 2021/1 Comment/in Tracking News/by Elf Flip Beanz

The total elf count as of today reflects more than 69 million elves so far for tracking Santa this Christmas. Santa set the goal at 200 million tracker elves before he takes flight. Here is how each sector fared since August:

Sector 1 – +4.8%
Sector 2 – +3.1%
Sector 3 – +0.9%
Sector 4 – +2.0%
Sector 5 – +21.0%

Total – +8.8%

Sector 5’s astounding growth in North America accounts for the largest increase – again. Elves in North Pole Flight Command say teacher response to efforts made in August during the start up of school is a big reason why Sector 5 added so many elves.

“You do not have to be a genius to understand that every school teacher brings about 30 student elves with them and possibly another teacher or two,” said Elf Jordan Rivers, a recruitment specialist in the Department of Elf Resources. “I think that will continue to add more elves than just about any other effort we make out there over the next couple of months. We want classes of all grade levels. We want to help teachers teach geography and math and science, heck, even history, through Santa tracking. We will host chats for them, answer letters directly from the North Pole, create support materials for lesson plans – whatever they need. That’s our work between now and when Santa takes off – to invest in all the learning that can come from tracking Santa for Santa.”

North Pole Flight Command reminds trackers everywhere that Santa’s lofty goal will likely be met in the last four or five days before Santa’s launch. That means the number might feel far-fetched to elves tracking Santa now. But the goal actually is much closer than most realize. As of today, right now, a total 130,335,899 more elves are needed. That feels like a lot – and it is. But the number of elves we have right now is actually ahead of where we thought we would be. It is going very well.

Opportunities really exist in Sector 3, which had the smallest increase of all sectors in the past month. While the numbers there are a little short of where we want them to be North Pole Flight Command feels this sector will be one of the brightest last minute surges that are expected.

Please keep up the fine work of recruiting, elves!

Elf Chats to Increase

September 20, 2021/2 Comments/in Tracking News/by Elf Max

Elf chats for the month of October have been updated on the Elf Calendar. The first of these chats is actually this Sunday.

The chats are coming in response to a very heavy increase of site visitors to North Pole websites, especially SantaTrackers.net. The elf recruiting numbers are slated for update tomorrow. Along with the increase traffic both North Pole Flight Command and the North Pole Post Office have seen very large increases in the amount of mail and questions being sent in.

The chats being scheduled are to be held here on SantaTrackers.net and they are specifically for tracker elves. In the meeting held today I was told that Santa really wants a focus on new and experienced tracker elves alike.

Santa believes not only the increased number of elves are important this year but their knowledge is important too. So these chats are being held to help with elf training.

The chats below are just the beginning. There will be many more events to be scheduled for November and December:

When Should Chats Be Scheduled?

September 15, 2021/0 Comments/in Tracking News/by Elf Max

When should chats be scheduled?

That’s the question we are asking ourselves right now before we announce a series of chats upcoming with senior elves from North Pole Flight Command. We want to make these chats available to as many people around the world as we can.

Based on most current data available most elves using SantaTrackers.net are coming from Sectors 3 and 5, which is to be expected considering that this site is based in the English language. But time zones vary widely between North America and Europe, so we want to make the chat schedule in such a way that every elf has the opportunity to participate.

So we are asking for your feedback before announcing these chats.

Please fill out the information below to help us gather the data that we need. We know we cannot devise a perfect schedule and we are willing to have some of the elves scheduled for chats at several times, repeating sessions if we need to based on demand. We will collect data for five or six days before we announce the first chat events. You can expect a full schedule of chat events based on questions we receive over the next couple of months.

Thanks in advance for your help with this:

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Santa Launches in 100 Days

September 14, 2021/0 Comments/in Tracking News/by Elf Roger Star

Santa launches in 100 days, elves. My friends, this is a significant milestone.

We have less than 100 days to get 150 million more elves and to get them all trained.

Of course, you’re here now. You’re already an elf. You’ve taken the oath and know the code. You’re ready to rock.

So what should you be doing?

First, make sure you are informed. Read all the training materials. Then jump into the elf community here to ask your questions. Be on the lookout for chat events and special elf meetings that will be upcoming in October, November and December. You want to be the informed elf.

Second, talk to your family and friends about becoming elves, too. It might feel weird at first. You may get teased. But you will find that as we get closer to launch time people become believers. They will turn to you for advice. Plant those seeds now. It gets easier.

Third, watch that Santa tracker to see where the test flight is. It is good training for when you watch Santa. I can tell you right now that watching Santa is very different from watching a test flight. He moves a lot faster. But getting in on the test flights now will help you later when the real deal happens.

I’m not much of a communicator. I leave things here pretty much to Elf Max. But do get in the habit of watching the news from NorthPoleFlightCommand.com and SantaUpdate.com. And do not forget to listen to North Pole Radio News and the Santa Tracker Podcast. They will show you the way.

And if you have ideas, for goodness sakes, please share them in the elf community.

New Podcast Talks About Talking About Reindeer

September 13, 2021/0 Comments/in Tracking News Santa Trackers Podcast/by Elf Max

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Fellow elves, awake! There is a new podcast out! I know the news has been a little slow of late but you’ll be happy to know that Frank and Crash have been in the studio talking reindeer and they think you should be talking reindeer, too. You can listen to the latest episode of the Santa Tracker Podcast at this link.

I’m glad they are talking about this. I’m glad I’m not the only one.

I’ve been working with a number of tracker elves who are a little discouraged about elf recruiting. Many are bringing it up at school and they report getting teased in some cases and even bullied by some. Talking about Santa and elves and Christmas in September can be hard.

If that’s the case for you then this episode may help you.

I haven’t seen yet what the September numbers look like but I can tell you I hear nothing but positive things about the recruiting. You guys are doing good work. So there’s nothing to be discouraged about.

I find it interesting in this episode as well that Crash talks about some of the places that Santa is going in the world right now, just because he’s got many of his reindeer back.

Take a listen to it!

The North Pole Schedule: Chat Recap

Secrets of Santa Explored in New Santa Tracker Podcast

SantaTrackers.net Flooded with Applications

Sector 2 Recruiting Strong in Early Season

You Could See the Test Flights

How Tracking Santa for Santa Works

Chat with Elf Roger Star Re-Scheduled

Millions of Elves Recruited Since August

Elf Chats to Increase

When Should Chats Be Scheduled?

Santa Launches in 100 Days

New Podcast Talks About Talking About Reindeer

Official North Pole Websites

About Santa Trackers