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While the focus of Operation Merry Christmas this year seems to be dominated by Santa’s new sleigh there is another sleigh in the skies on Christmas Eve – the one used by Elf Crash Murphy to chase Santa in the skies. His job is to observe Santa, measure his progress and position, and to report via North Pole Radio News from his chaser sleigh every Christmas Eve. Elf Crash draws more mail than just about any other elf at the North Pole due to his dual jobs of chasing Santa as an Eye in the Sky reporter and as International Director of Santa Trackers. They don’t call him the Ultimate Santa track
In this episode of the North Pole Podcast Elf Frank Myrrh discusses theories about Santa’s new sleigh and all the things Elf Crash didn’t have time to address during a recent North Pole Chat. It is a very technical discussion about Santa’s sleigh and how it works. There are many early season things happening at the North Pole and most of them seem to be related to Santa’s sleigh. Santa himself dropped in on Elf Crash’s chat and announced a chat event during Christmas in July. But it was his comments about the new sleigh, which currently has test flights happening over the North Pole, that is g
In their first podcast of the 2026 Christmas season Elves Frank and Crash talk about the history of the Tracker Elf program and changes that are underway at the Elf Community on SantaTrackers.net. They also update us on the status of Santa’s Workshop, which had a rough go last year, and they discuss the upcoming wedding of two very important and high profile reindeer and how that wedding will likely affect the return of Santa’s reindeer to the North Pole. Also discussed is Christmas in July and a few things going on with Santa’s new sleigh, now in the building phases according to North Pole Fl
An all new episode of the North Pole Podcast features Elves Frank and Crash discussing details of Santa’s ride at Christmas. The crisis in Santa’s workshop shaped the news in 2025 and Crash talks how that event changed tracking Santa last year. Details were shared about Santa’s visits in the South Pacific and how the speed of Santa’s ride has to increase towards the end of his visits in Sectors 4 and 5. This episode reveals never-before-known details of how Santa delivers to each area around the world in his nearly 30-hour long ride each year.
Elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy catch up on some of the many questions submitted by tens of thousands of believers via SantaUpdate.com the past several weeks. They discuss elf magic and the abilities of Santa and his elves to do things as if by magic. Elf Crash explains that neither Santa or elves work by magic and that believers need to understand that elves are just regular people. Also discussed are questions about Santa and favorite cookies, minimum wages for elves, scout elves and what they do, polar bears, and how the flying in the heat affects the reindeer. There are some silly quest
Our North Pole Radio News report the other day about mail coming in to the North Pole about the Elf on the Shelf has resulted in an investigation and new discoveries about Elf on the Shelf. For years on SantaUpdate.com we have avoided questions about Elf on the Shelf because nobody really knew a lot about them. There is no official department at the North Pole that runs Elf on the Shelf and Santa himself has long denied any knowledge or association with Elf on the Shelf. After doing some digging, I’ve learned how this whole thing started long ago at the North Pole. In this new emergency episod
Elf Bernard was in North Pole Chat yesterday and he created a lot of discussions among tracker elves for his comments about how tracking Santa for Santa will be different this year. In this episode of the North Pole Podcast Elf Frank Myrrh talked with Elf Crash Murphy, the International Director of Santa Trackers. They discussed Elf Bernard and why he is a misunderstood elf. The movie “The Santa Claus”, by Disney, has a character called Elf Bernard who just happens to be the head elf in Santa’s workshop. That movie came out in 1994. The REAL Elf Bernard who is the head elf in Santa’s workshop
Understanding the Crisis in Santa’s Workshop is the topic of conversation in the latest episode of the North Pole Podcast for elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy. As Elf Crash explains the problem is not only that the workshop is having a hard time getting all the toys made there are major challenges in getting those toys to Santa where he will be on Christmas Eve. Not everything fits into Santa’s sleigh at one time. Elf Crash explains how Santa’s sleigh gets replenished and why the big effort to coordinate the transfer of gifts to Santa’s sleigh on a continuous basis as he travels around the w
Things that happen when Santa flies is the topic of a joint podcast between SantaUpdate.com and SantaTrackers.net. Elves Frank Myrrh and Crash Murphy discuss the details of things that happen when Santa is delivering. Elf Crash famously follows Santa every Christmas Eve, sharing news of his journey on the Tracking Santa Around the World Radio Show on Kringle Radio, which is heard in more than 150 countries around the world. This special episode takes a deep dive into why Santa needs tracker elves to track Santa for Santa. It also wanders into the wish list of Elf Crash and why he thinks Santa
Several weeks ago we asked school teachers of the world to send in questions for us to answer, as we do every year, and we received more than 4000 responses. This year school teachers submitted some of the most difficult questions Elf Crash has ever had to answer. Crash surprised me in this episode because he taught me some things I never knew. That’s shows the value in asking really good questions, something a news guy like me should know. We also spent some time talking about some not-so-good questions and why it is important not to waste time of anyone at the North Pole by asking about thin
