Where is Elf Crash?

Joel here. Remember me? Santa’s calendar guy?

Yeah, my job sucks right now. Santa took off, nobody can reach him, everyone wants to meet with him and I can only book things for November and December.

That’s not exactly a great time for Santa.

That means everyone is mad at me. You see, Santa could come back this week or sometime in the fall. I don’t know. So I don’t dare put anything on his calendar. He told me to just tell people “no”. And they don’t like that.

I’m not the elf everyone should be mad at right now. They should be mad at Elf Crash Murphy.

I’m hearing lots of complaints.

Since Crash was named International Director of Santa Trackers there have been nothing but questions.

Where are the elf reviews? Are we recruiting new elves this year or not? What about the regional tracking centers – when do we get word of those? How about Santa’s sleigh and the test flight schedule?

But we haven’t had a single word from our intrepid new International Director. Not a chat, not a radio news report, not a podcast. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Zilch. A big donut from the new director.

Am I mad?

Well…not exactly. I’m just bored if you want to know the truth.

I’m working at Mrs. Claus’ new office because Santa’s office is, well, empty and dark. Plus, getting away from there means that people have to come find me if they want to be told “no” about adding something new to Santa’s calendar. I find hiding out over here is a good strategy.

Since I’m not calendaring I’m doing a lot of filing. Elf Trixie has me shuffling paperwork – filing last year’s weather reports from Flight Command. Very boring. It snowed nearly every day last year at the North Pole. Did you know that? Yeah, I know, who cares, right?

Anyways, one of my new passions is, well, tracking Santa. Like many of you I’m a tracker elf. After all, what is there for Santa’s calendar guy to do on Christmas Eve?

So I’ve been deep in Elf University, catching up on all the Santa Tracker Podcasts and doing all I can to be ready to track Santa for Santa this year. Just like all of you.

And I have questions. Questions that only Elf Crash, our new director, can answer. And he appears to have gone silent. Which is really weird for a guy like Crash.

Yes, I know Crash. I’ve known him actually since I was a kid and he was a tape dispenser repair elf in the Wrapping Department.

He’s a good guy.

But where the heck is he?

Like everyone else, I really feel Crash is the right guy to be our director.

I want to hear from him. I have questions. There are things I think we need to know. Now. Not at Christmas in July. Not in the fall when all the tracker elves will be back in abundance. Now.

Where is Elf Crash?

About this Elf: Elf Joel at the Pole

Elf Joel is a 4th generation elf and grew up at the North Pole. He is a member of Santa's office staff and serves as the keeper of Santa's calendar. He travels with Santa and knows where he is at all times.