My Fellow Trackers of Santa,
Thank you and Merry Christmas! Santa’s record-breaking ride in 2023 came as a result of a lot of work.
Much of that work came from you, the unseen and unheard-from heroes of Operation Merry Christmas.
North Pole Flight Command took in over 30 million reports from trackers in the past year, which represents billions of tiny bits of information fed to Santa so that he could move more efficiently and safely on Christmas Eve.
In setting a new record this year Santa gave credit to his trackers first.
Ahead of the Sleigh Designers, ahead of the reindeer, ahead of anything and everything else. I want you to know that.
I also want you to know that you hung with us despite some problems we had.
We will get together next week to begin sorting through everything that went right, everything that went wrong, and just what we can do better in our efforts ahead.
To that end, I’m posting a survey we would like you to take.
We want to know not only about your tracking experience but also your ideas for doing better going forward.
I look forward to your candid responses to this survey.
I want to especially give a tip of the elf hat to Elf Max, who likely hasn’t had any kind of sleep for more than a week. That guy not only pulled out all the stops in supporting SantaTrackers.net but he worked tirelessly behind the scenes with issues at SantaUpdate.com. And I know he has lots of ideas for the work going forward too.
I also want to thank you for all the personal things left for me this Christmas. So many of you made sure there were cookies and eggnog and candy canes and other treats marked for me, just as you do for Santa.
That touches me like you would not believe and I’m grateful you would remember me. I’m overwhelmed by it all (and I don’t know how Santa eats all those cookies). Thank you as well for remembering MY reindeer, too. They, like me, were so surprised by your kindness.
I’m excited already for next year and can’t wait to track Santa for Santa again.
Thank you so much, Elf Crash! Thank you for your hard work. I’m delighted Santa, Elf Crash, all elves, and all reindeer returned to the North Pole safely.
I sent the survey; please feel free to let me know if I misunderstood or any questions.
I look forward to working on the Next Operation Merry Christmas with you all too! XD