{"id":3926,"date":"2026-11-05T15:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:30:33","slug":"november-changes-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/2026\/11\/05\/november-changes-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"November Changes the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings, Trackers<\/a>. It\u2019s November!<\/p>\n

For a little summary of where we are at, please take a listen to the conversation Elf Cocoa and I had the other day on the Santa Tracker Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As we move into November I\u2019ve asked the Elf Supervisors<\/a> to post individual direction again. We are starting to see some real differences in needs from North Pole Flight Command by sector<\/a>, so I think hearing from them directly is most appropriate at this time. You should hear from them soon.<\/p>\n

That being said, I would say that this month should include some time in making personal preparations. Take a look at the schedule, get your home tracking center set up, see that you have all that you need, communicate with the Elf Supervisor about your availabilities and ideas for the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n

I think we\u2019re in for some more rough news<\/a> about the test flights<\/a> of Santa\u2019s sleigh. Don\u2019t worry as that news comes out.<\/p>\n

Our job is to anticipate what needs might be for Santa<\/a> no matter what sleigh he ends up flying.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve done a good job getting roof reports in and in getting chimneys inspected. Some of you have sent in landing zone plans, which is always helpful.<\/p>\n

Now we need to zoom out a little bit and think beyond our own homes and neighborhoods. What are you seeing out there?<\/p>\n

You need to be prepared sometime this month to send in a Local Christmas Report. And you can expect to get a request for the same at least twice between Thanksgiving and Christmas.<\/p>\n

Someone asked me about the Emergency Reports \u2013 things like the Natural Disaster Report, the Flight Incident Report, the Tracker<\/a> Station Evacuation Report, and the Pipeline to Santa Report.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you about those. We got so many bogus \u201cemergencies\u201d last year that I asked Elf Max not to make those available until the last possible minute. You\u2019ll see them available\u2026but not until Santa takes flight.<\/p>\n

Just like added the paid membership levels to the Elf Community I think doing this will cut down on the bad reporting.<\/p>\n

Yes, our Community is smaller. But the quality is better because our elves are better.<\/p>\n

We will continue to focus on this.<\/p>\n

One other thing you should know. Right now I am talking to Santa about three times a week. I\u2019m not sending him written reports. Elf Z sends him some recaps but Santa\u2019s trying to cut down on our paperwork. So he\u2019s calling me and texting me a lot more.<\/p>\n

That actually helps me a lot. My job, as I see it, is to make what is important to HIM important to YOU.<\/p>\n

Right now I would tell you the WEATHER<\/a> is really important to Santa. I know sending in weather reports is boring but its pretty messed up this year \u2013 in a lot of different places. If you\u2019ve listened to the North Pole Radio News you know how crazy it has been at the North Pole for the past two months.<\/p>\n

So keep that in mind as you\u2019re checking the news and looking for ways to help. Always keep your eye on the weather and tell us what you see locally.<\/p>\n

If Santa\u2019s new sleigh ends up being the option he goes with to fly this Christmas Eve then you need to be prepared to see more than just Santa\u2019s sleigh in the skies. We\u2019re planning for Operation Airlift at a level I\u2019ve never seen in my life. There will be thousands of sleighs up there this year. More than we have ever seen.<\/p>\n

Can you understand why weather reports \u2013 frequent, accurate weather reports \u2013 are so vitally important? You\u2019re helping more than Santa when you send that in.<\/p>\n

Remember that!<\/p>\n

And thank you for all you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings, Trackers. It\u2019s November! For a little summary of where we are at, please take a listen to the conversation Elf Cocoa and I had the other day on the Santa Tracker Podcast. As we move into November I\u2019ve asked the Elf Supervisors to post individual direction again. We are starting to see some real […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":30,"footnotes":"","_adjet_no_auto_ads":false},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gneral-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3929,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions\/3929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}