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In a special episode of the North Pole Podcast elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy discuss the work of a professional Santa Tracker, Elf Petey LaCroix.

Elf Petey is part of a team of special elves charged with tracking Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. But they aren’t tracking Santa like everyone else does. They are tracking Santa to see the sleigh in action. Using special equipment they try to record the sleigh in flight to learn about how it performs.

Elf Petey, you see, is part of the sleigh design team. It is their job to work to continually improve Santa’s sleigh. That means he not only has to know how to see Santa in high-speed flight but he has to be a sleigh pilot himself. In fact, every member of the professional Santa tracker elf team is a pilot, a sleigh designer, an expert is aeronautics with years and years of highly technical education.

Elf Crash talks with Elf Petey about his experience tracking Santa in this capacity. He talks about why these trackers head out to dark, remote locations only to wait for the split-second moment of time that they can catch Santa in flight. Petey has a number of experiences along the way to share.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to post any comments or questions you might have below.

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Author: Santa Update
Title: Secrets of a Professional Santa Tracker

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What happens on Santa’s flight? In this episode of the North Pole Podcast Elf Frank interviews Elf Crash Murphy, the Ultimate Santa Tracker charged with following behind Santa each year and reporting about it on Kringle Radio.

Nobody has a better view of Santa and what he does than Elf Crash.

In this episode Crash talks about performing special errands for Santa and hearing live reactions to seeing Santa in flight. He talks about the reindeer, the sleigh and the many things you just never hear about when Santa makes his way around the world.

Elf Frank replays radio segments from our Christmas Eve broadcast and asks Elf Crash to give his take on some of those reports.

In all, it is a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to pull of Operation Merry Christmas.

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Author: Santa Update
Title: What Happens on Santa’s Flight

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Teachers are some of the biggest fans of SantaUpdate.com because this is where they can come to get answers to their many questions. Teachers, you see, get a lot of questions from their students about Santa, the North Pole and Christmas.

Santa, of course, loves teachers. He always has. Santa respects the work they do and wants to support them as much as he can.

In this episode Elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy go on a wide-ranging discussion about some of the most basic questions about Santa and the North Pole. Timeless questions about the Naughty List, Mrs. Claus’ first name and even Santa’s puppy named Sprinkles are all addressed in this fun episode.

Do you have a question about Santa and the North Pole. Feel free to use the comment section below to ask it – maybe your question will be answered in a future episode!

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Title: Questions from Teachers Answered

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Teachers are some of the biggest fans of SantaUpdate.com because this is where they can come to get answers to their many questions. Teachers, you see, get a lot of questions from their students about Santa, the North Pole and Christmas.

Santa, of course, loves teachers. He always has. Santa respects the work they do and wants to support them as much as he can.

In this episode Elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy go on a wide-ranging discussion about some of the most basic questions about Santa and the North Pole. Timeless questions about the Naughty List, Mrs. Claus’ first name and even Santa’s puppy named Sprinkles are all addressed in this fun episode.

Do you have a question about Santa and the North Pole. Feel free to use the comment section below to ask it – maybe your question will be answered in a future episode!

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Title: Teachers Send in Questions

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11 weeks until Christmas! Can ya believe it???

This weekend has so many Christmas things going on.

First of all, Santa and Mrs. C have headed out to Canada to celebrate Thanksgiving, as is their tradition every year. Mrs. Claus has family there and they love taking this trip every year. And Santa just loves celebrating Thanksgiving twice. Thanksgiving is, after all, his favorite holiday and it happens in Canada on Monday.

But they will be back pretty fast. I believe they are coming home on Tuesday because there’s this big to-do at North Pole Flight Command about the sleigh. If you’re not following along with the news from Flight Command about the sleigh you might want to start paying attention.

I was involved in a podcast last week with Elves Frank and Crash that featured questions from students and teachers. It was fun to do it.

It is a new episode of the Santa Trackers Podcast and I think many of you might be interested in it. It does cover some stuff about tracking Santa but there are some general Santa/Christmas/North Pole type questions in there too. I’m also adding it here, too.

The reason I bring it up is because we are working on a similar episode for the North Pole Podcast to come out soon. If you are a student or a teacher with a question to ask you can submit it at this link.

Elf Crash loves to do these episodes and he seems to be able to answer just about any question. So ask anything you want!

Christmas cards are also on the minds of many here at the North Pole. There are literally hundreds of exchanges set up among the Elf Community and I know several elves who send out thousands of Christmas cards.

When it comes to Christmas cards one of my favorite charity events here at the North Pole is the Christmas-Card-Artists events sponsored by Santa and Mrs. Claus. That starts this weekend, too.

Every year aspiring artists design Christmas cards that get printed for free by SantasSleigh.org, a little organization that helps families in need at Christmas. The event features a big display of each card and the artist is there to explain their design.

There are some artists there as young as 4-years-old and Santa puts no restrictions on who can design a card.

Elves and North Pole citizens can order cards and proceeds go back to SantasSleigh.org for the upcoming season. For many elves in Christmas card exchanges this is the only way they get their cards.

I joined a Christmas card exchange for the first time a year ago.

I thought at first it was kind of a hokey thing to do but when each day brought lots of cards to my mailbox I changed my mind. I enjoyed getting cards from people all over the world and now I think this is my new favorite Christmas tradition.

If you haven’t tried it I humbly recommend this Christmas card exchange at MyMerryChristmas.com

October is such a great time for Christmas events. Another event I won’t miss will be the Eggnog Workshop that happens next weekend.

Of course, Halloween is coming and you know what a big deal that is here at the North Pole. More on that next week, kids. Until then…

….toodles.

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Title: 11 Weeks Until Christmas

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Elf vacations happen a lot during the months of May and June, and this is the newest topic of the North Pole Podcast with Elves Frank and Crash.

Between now and Leon Day (June 25th) a lot of elves head out to find fun and recreation. What do they do? Well, the same things you do on vacation.

Unless your name is Elf Crash Murphy. He does something really weird. Well, at least this year he does. Crash talks all about mud wrestling in this episode of the North Pole Podcast.

Crash also explains the different phases of the year at the North Pole. Once this elf vacation period is over we move on to Christmas in July – and this year the events for July will be epic.

Also in this episode we explore a little bit about new jobs that are available for elves. Crash talks about a new endeavor and he encourages Elf Frank to try something new as well.

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Title: Elf Vacations

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Rudolph is the subject of a new episode of the North Pole Podcast that is turning a lot of heads. Elf Crash Murphy shares never before known information about Santa’s most famous reindeer.

Rudolph is famous for having a red nose that “lights like a light bulb” and has been utilized by Santa in bad weather situations more than once to save Christmas.

In the story, made famous by a book and song, Rudolph is bullied by other reindeer for his unusual physical features and abilities.

But in this episode Elf Crash explains that what you hear in the song and read in the book is not quite totally accurate – and that it, in fact, depicts other reindeer wrong. Donner, who is Rudolph’s father, is assailed in the story and the television special as insensitive to Rudolph and ashamed of his appearance. Elf Crash tells us this is not true.

Even more importantly, Crash tells us that there is a lot more to Rudolph than his blinking nose. And that could be the most surprising revelation of all.

Play the podcast episode via the player above.

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Author: Santa Update
Title: Rudolph and His Many Talents

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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, as the world knows him, is indeed the most famous reindeer of all. Yet few really know his true story.

In this episode Elf Crash Murphy, Santa’s eye-in-the-sky reporter elf who just happens to know all of Santa’s reindeer, shares never before disclosed information about Rudolph. This information is so new and so unknown that even Elf Frank Myrrh did not know about it.

Rudolph, who is the son of Donner, famous leads out Santa’s team each year with his famous red nose. But he is not the leader of the reindeer. He is just out front. His job is more fully explained in this episode, as are the differences between Rudolph and his also-famous father, Donner.

But even more surprising in this episode are the details that are shared about Rudolph’s thoughts, feelings and opinions. We also learn of other incredible talents Rudolph has and how he uses them quietly help in the service of Santa and Christmas.

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Title: Things You Don’t Know About Rudolph

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Elf Crash answers questions in this latest episode of the North Pole Podcast.

He tackles the issue of how to see reindeer fly, what a teacher should and should not say in the classroom about Santa and even why Santa occasionally misses someone’s house.

These questions come from site visitors to SantaUpdate.com. We get them by the thousands.

We will try to keep up with providing answers to the questions via more podcast episodes, the North Pole Radio News reports and via additional Santa updates as we go along this year in trying to tell the story of Santa and the North Pole.

If you have a question you want to ask, please see this link.

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Title: Elf Crash Answers Questions

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North Pole Radio News has added a new voice to the reporting team. Elf Victoria Wassail will broadcast from London on assignment through out the next 7 weeks.

This is a very unusual arrangement. Most news elves are at the North Pole and only work on remote assignment on Christmas Eve. Elf Victoria will be permanently stationed in England where she will report the news from a studio set up there by North Pole Radio News.

You can hear her first report below.

Elf Victoria is a seasoned radio reporter with many years of experience in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. She is married, has a family of several children, 2 goldfish and a dog named Lacey.

North Pole Radio News will likely continue to expand its staff as the demand for more North Pole news grows.

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Title: North Pole Radio News Adds a New Voice

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Many elves here at the North Pole are starting to express concern about Santa’s lead reindeer, Donner. All of Santa’s reindeer have returned to the North Pole except for Donner. The others have all been back for more than a month.

This is a big concern because Donner is the team leader. He sets the conditioning schedule. The team does not train together unless Donner is there. Santa appears to know what is happening with Donner and has told everyone not to worry. But the elves are starting to talk.

Operation Merry Christmas is just weeks away from kicking off. One of the biggest parts of that event is the reindeer games. The games are used to help Santa – and Donner – to decide roles that reindeer will play when it comes to Christmas. While Santa’s team is assigned and well known most do not realize that it takes thousands of reindeer in a world-wide effort to help Santa deliver. Those reindeer all need to be evaluated to see what they can do so they can be assigned to the right duty on Christmas Eve.

North Pole Radio News visited with the elves in the Reindeer Barn earlier today and you can hear their report below.

We will keep you posted.

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Title: Elves are Worried About Donner

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The latest episode of the North Pole Podcast has only been online for about 12 hours or so. But the response to it has been robust – even “frenzied” as Elf Hugo in the North Pole Post Office put it.

“We are getting busier but this is way early for this kind of mail,” said Hugo, postmaster at the North Pole. “I listened to the episode and I did not hear anything shocking or surprising in it. But you never know what is going to get people going.”

The episode addresses one of the most common questions we receive here at the North Pole: “How does Santa get around the world in one night?”

Elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy of North Pole Radio News take on the topic. You can hear the podcast at this link.

Elf Crash Murphy says his email has “gone crazy” today. “I normally don’t get a ton of email on a Sunday but today is off the chart for any day of the week. I would say close to 40,000 messages have come in.”

What are they talking about?

“Well, I guess I said something about people who don’t believe in Santa and what I think should happen to them on Christmas morning or something,” Elf Crash said. “I didn’t think it was all that unusual of a question, honestly, but when Frank asked me about them I just said what I thought. I guess a few of them got mad or something. But I have to ask this now – if they don’t believe in Santa Claus, why would they care what I said?”

We do not know it is because of this latest episode of the North Pole Podcast or not, but registrations for Tracker Elves at SantaTrackers.net are exploding today as well.

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Title: Frenzied Response to New North Pole Podcast

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Elves Frank and Crash take on the difficult question of how Santa gets Around the World in One Night. It is one of the most common questions we get here at the North Pole.

Truth be told, Santa does not really get around the world in one night – it’s more like two days. The world has so many time zones that people just think he does it in one night. We track him from the North Pole every year and the truth is that he is in flight for over 32 to sometimes 48 hours every Christmas.

But of course, Santa delivers in every time zone while people are asleep. As he moves from time zone to time zone he stays in the window the whole way – which takes much more than just one night. It just seems like one night because most people only think of their own time zone, not the time zones of others.

In fact, in this episode Elf Crash tells of a time when he was in school and an inspired teacher tried to get his class to answer the question using math and science.

Crash explains why that is not necessary.

This is a good episode, one that not only answers the question but also an episode that shows how tired elves can get sometimes by just answering this question.

Enjoy!

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Title: Around the World in One Night

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Santa Announces the Tracker Recruitment Goal for 2021 2

In a press conference held at the North Pole Santa announced the tracker elf recruitment goal for Christmas 2021. It is a stunning goal that has taken the entire North Pole by surprise.

The Tracker Elf program, as Santa calls it, is in it’s 5th year. Through the program Santa recruits believers from all over the world to “track Santa for Santa”.

Last year more than 55 million believers world-wide took up the challenge to become an elf all in the name of helping Santa get around the world. These elves report local conditions while Santa is in flight that aid him in delivery. They report to North Pole Flight Command on everything from the weather to the condition of rooftops in their local neighborhoods.

This up-to-the-minute reporting not only helps to keep Santa safe but it also speeds up his sleigh.

The recruiting goal is a highly anticipated target and the press conference announcing the yearly goal has become a traditional event. In this special episode the live radio news report from North Pole Radio News is shared in its entirety and features the voices of Santa, Elf Frank Myrrh of North Pole Radio News, Elf Crash Murphy, Elf Roger Star, Elf Sandy Claus and Elf John Pringle.

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Title: Santa Announces the Tracker Recruitment Goal for 2021

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Santa Stuns the North Pole with Announcement 1

Santa has had the press conference scheduled for weeks. Speculation has been running rampant that he would announce a new tracker elf recruiting goal for 2021.

All of that happened it was no surprise. But the goal he announced has stunned the North Pole. You can listen to the recorded event as it just played out on North Pole Radio News in this rushed episode of the North Pole Podcast. It runs about 10 minutes and features the voices of Santa, Elf Frank Myrrh and Elf Crash Murphy.

Elf Roger Star, International Director of Santa Trackers, is interviewed as well as Elf Sandy Claus of the Department of Elf Resources. Elf John Pringle of the News Department also shares some thoughts.

The crowd that gathered for the announcement was shocked at what Santa said and it is all anyone can talk about at the North Pole today.

The next five months here at the North Pole will be very interesting.

You can hear the entire press conference in the player below.

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Title: Santa Stuns the North Pole with Announcement

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What happens at the North Pole after Christmas is not something that gets talked about much. There are no songs about it, no movies or television specials. Heck, people hardly ask about it.

But I would tell you that the time right after Christmas is a very important time.

In this episode of the North Pole Podcast elves Frank and Crash talk about what happens immediately after he and Santa return to the North Pole. It is an amazing time of reflection and it has a huge impact on the Christmas to come.

This is an informative and fun episode to kick off the new year in following Santa.

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Title: What Happens at the North Pole After Christmas

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Stories of Tracking Santa
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In this special (if rushed) episode of the North Pole Podcast we hear from two superstar Santa Tracker Elves – Elf Lil Cream and Elf Crusader. They are just two of millions who have signed up at SantaTrackers.net to track Santa for Santa.

The art of tracking Santa is not a new one. It has been going on for decades. It has changed a great deal over the years but one thing remains true: tracking Santa does NOT have to be a singular endeavor of just looking at Santa’s position on a map.

No, Santa has found a way to make it better. He has found a way to make tracking Santa an act of service.

Tracking Santa for Santa means becoming an elf and helping Santa to get around the world safely.

How?

By putting on your elf ears and eyes in your own neighborhood and reporting to the North Pole everything that you see — from the weather to the condition of chimneys. It is not difficult work but it is essential. And the more tracker elves out there Santa has the better it is. By extending yourself in this service you not only begin your elf career you HELP the world to have a Merry Christmas.

Can it get any better than that?

Yes, it can.

What this podcast episode does is it tells the story of how elves track Santa but also how that whole effort began. Elf Crash Murphy talks of how he went from being an elf in the Wrapping Department to being the Most Famous Santa Tracker in all the World. It’s a great story.

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Title: Stories of Tracking Santa