We are fast approaching a major milestone in the countdown to Christmas: Leon Day. Leon Day is celebrated on June 24th and June 25th. It marks the halfway point to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Leon is “Noel” spelled backwards. This tradition […]

Hi ho, friends! There are 28 weeks until Christmas and I’ve got a story I’m working on. I have actually been home from vacation for about a week but I was met right away with a bit of a mystery right after I returned from Colorado. Trixie – my […]

Elf Frank Myrrh and Elf Crash Murphy get together in this new North Pole Podcast Episode to kick off North Pole news coverage of Operation Merry Christmas 2025. As Elf Ernest announced last month many elves are away from the North Pole on vacation […]

There are 8 months now until Christmas and I apologize for updating you a few days late. Our web department has been hard at work updating the website and I couldn’t post anything. But all is well now and I can give you an update. As we noted last […]

Hello and guess what? There are just 9 months left until Christmas! This is a little bit of a lonely time of year at the North Pole. We don’t see as much interaction with the world during this month as we will later, but that does not mean we […]

Hi all! Only 41 weeks remain until Christmas and we have some news to report. I’m sorry I’ve been missing weeks here and there but I just cannot get healthy. I lost my voice a few weeks back and Mrs. Claus sent me home to bed and sent me soup […]

Hi Gang! There are 44 weeks until Christmas and I’m so sorry I’ve missed the countdown the last little while. But some surprising things have happened since the last time I talked with you. At the Valentine’s Day Elf Ball I was serving on the […]

Hi there! Only 46 Weeks remain until Christmas. That may seem like a long time to you but for elves at the North Pole it is not very long at all, especially after something Santa said this past week. He told elves in a meeting that this year we will […]

Happy Wednesday and guess what? There are only 47 weeks until Christmas! Big meetings going on at the North Pole. And plenty of banquets, too. It’s Elf of the Year season. Every year each department at the North Pole announces their Elf of the […]

Hi friends! There are just 48 weeks until Christmas, as of today. This week marks a very important time at the North Pole. The reindeer are leaving, not to return until some time in the fall. It is always a different kind of event. We do so many […]