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Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Sleigh sightings are up significantly after tracker elves worldwide were put on alert Sunday to look for flying sleighs.

The tracker map at SantaTrackers.net went dark just as a new version of Santa’s sleigh was launched from the North Pole. It was reported that sleighs would be dispatched to every sector and so far there have been multiple sleigh sightings in EVERY sector.

This pattern will continue for the next couple of days – at least.

It is intended to be a training exercise for tracker elves, yes, but there is another unknown purpose for the map blackout.

This 12th version of Santa’s sleigh is the most mysterious of them all. The sleighs are using all new reindeer and pilot combinations. Each pilot has been sworn to secrecy about these final test flights.

The flights are very important. The test flights all year long have revealed problem after problem with Santa’s sleigh. The news has been very hard for elves at North Pole Flight Command to handle. The sleigh’s instability and unpredictable performance has made it difficult to come up with a workable flight plan. North Pole Flight Command feels that Santa is more prepared to fly thanks to the efforts of tracker elves all year long in proving new information. But Flight Command does not feel ready because they have not overcome the many problems with the sleigh.

So these final tests are engineered to get that confidence back in Flight Command.

How is it working?

I can’t tell you that.

Not yet.

Stay tuned.

Elf News Reporter at North Pole News Network
Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Tracker elves worldwide have been on alert by North Pole Flight Command. With Santa’s launch quickly approaching this is a critical week for all who track Santa.

That includes a whole community of remote working elves who track Santa for Santa at SantaTrackers.net. Their primary function is to help Santa to get around the world safely by reporting local conditions to Flight Command.

They have worked all year long to send detailed information to Flight Command and this week they will function as Santa’s eyes on the ground. These elves are literally everywhere.

At this point, these Trackers are now on alert, ready to respond at any moment to needs identified by North Pole Flight Command.

They will soon begin a structured check-in process sector-by-sector. They will then be ready to respond in an orderly fashion to whatever Santa says he will need.

It began for them today by going on alert – meaning they are now ready to respond at any given time.

A much smaller team of North Pole based professional tracker elves are gathering now at Flight Command. These elves travel from the North Pole to remote reporting stations strategically located in various places around the world. This group of elves are charged not only with remote capabilities of roving to different areas in search of information but also with deliberately trying to spot Santa in the skies.

Using sensitive equipment and an agenda to look for certain things as Santa flies these elves report how Santa, the reindeer and the sleigh perform. They take video which is later studied by experts at the North Pole who constantly work to improve sleigh design and reindeer management.

All of these combined elements are now working with the efforts of North Pole Flight Command to help Santa get around the world.

Elf News Reporter at North Pole News Network
Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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The Santa Tracking Map at SantaTrackers.net, which has been active since test flights launched in July, has gone dark.

Officials at North Pole Flight Command today decided to pull the tracking of test flights of Santa’s sleigh from the view of tracker elves worldwide.

“It was not an easy decision,” said Elf Buck Sanchez, head elf of Flight Operations at the Sleigh Port at the North Pole. “We are launching version 12 of the sleigh, likely the last of this year’s test vehicles. That sleigh will hit the skies immediately.”

For tracker elves that means no map will be available until Santa launches later on Friday, December 23rd.

“It presents a new challenge this week to our tracker elves,” said Elf Roger Star, International Director of Santa Trackers at SantaTrackers.net. “We plan to use this as a training opportunity over the next few days. We encourage our trackers to check the news feed at SantaTrackers.net for more details.”

Santa’s sleigh has been embroiled in performance controversies since the first test flights began. What is happening this week is unprecedented. Officials at Flight Command remained tight lipped about Santa’s sleigh this year, refusing to take questions from the media.

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Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Santa’s reindeer are today getting full physicals in advance of Santa’s big flight next week.

This is a routine procedure. It is required of all reindeer serving in Operation Merry Christmas and it is no exception even for Santa’s reindeer. Guidelines at the North Pole require the physical to ensure the reindeer are fit for Christmas duty. Santa does not want to risk injury or illness for any reindeer.

Most reindeer have already had their physicals this past week. Santa’s A-team of reindeer typically are among the last to receive it because they have the most important duty on Christmas Eve – to get Santa around the world.

Some have worried about Vixen, who a few weeks ago was slightly injured in a training exercise. Doctors have already cleared Vixen for flight next week and according to handlers in Reindeer Operations she is 100%.

There are no surprises expected of the physicals. Some time in the next several days the reindeer assignment list will be published, but the physicals must be completed before that can happen.