North Pole Podcast

The latest episode of the North Pole Podcast features more questions and answers with Elves Frank and Crash.

First up is a question about Santa’s sack and its magical properties. Then, an extended conversation about Rudolph, the Reindeer Games and whether or not Rudolph will be able to be in the games this year.

It is the opinion of Elf Crash Murphy that Rudolph will likely have to sit out the games this year so that he can be made ready for Christmas.

Elf Frank finds that news distressing and shares that the News Department has been under fire by a certain group who doesn’t want the North Pole to share difficult news because it raises the anxiety levels in child listeners.

Frank and Crash discuss difficult news and the bullying that sometimes takes place upon believers who either share their beliefs or their service as elves.

This episode also discusses the Santa Tracker Advisor and his thoughts on being bullied for believing in Santa and being an elf.

In all, it is an episode that is both thoughtful and fun. You can listen through the player at the top of this post.

We hope you enjoy the discussion.

It is our annual North Pole Podcast episode where we answer questions from believers. A great many people, including school teachers, contributed questions for this episode.

We explore topics about why people in England call Santa Father Christmas, how to get off the naughty list, the North Pole Hall of Records and whether or not you have to be asleep for Santa to come to your house.

In a twist on this traditional episode Elf Frank and I trade places, with me asking the questions and Frank answering them.

Of course, Frank butchers the answers in non-stop fashion. It’s different, but this episode provides some pretty revealing details about some of the most common mysteries of Santa and Christmas.

If you have a question to ask, please stop by the North Pole Podcast page and click the link to Ask Crash – and we’ll maybe answer it in a future North Pole Radio News report or another episode.

Enjoy.

An all-new episode of the North Pole Podcast discusses the Next Chapter in Elf on the Shelf.

Crash and I have two guests in this episode, the first is Elf Horace Feeney, who invented Elf on the Shelf many years ago. You can hear his story in the podcast episode we did last December titled “New Discoveries About Elf on the Shelf”.

That episode came after a season of feedback from people asking for help with their elves. We found some out there to be unhappy.

So Santa authorized a survey which has been running since that time to learn more about what the Elf on the Shelf experience out there was like.

The results of that survey has created a new effort at the North Pole called the Visiting Elf Program.

That program is led by Elf Buddy McFudge, who has already posted a great deal of information this year on Santa Update and how that new program works. He joins us on the episode to discuss how your elf can work under Santa’s direction here on Santa Update.

It’s a forward-looking episode we hope you enjoy.

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 tracker for nothing.

He literally works tracking Santa for Santa all year long. And that is why he gets so much mail.

In this episode of the North Pole Podcast we explore the questions people have about following Santa on Christmas Eve. And we get into the deep water of why Norad isn’t exactly helpful in tracking Santa.

Please click on the player above to hear this surprising episode.

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.

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 gaining the most attention.

Crash has been seeking clarification on Santa’s comments and in this episode he shares his thoughts about Santa’s new sleigh and why it is such an absorbing project for Santa right now.

Please listen to the North Pole Podcast in the player above.

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 Flight Command.

In all, a lot of going on in the early going so far this year!

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 questions in this episode too.

We hope you enjoy this discussion.

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 episode of the North Pole Podcast I share that story and discuss what all this means for Santa, the North Pole and anyone who has an Elf on the Shelf.

We invite you to listen to this discussion and weigh in with your own thoughts.

It is Santa’s list day at the North Pole. That has nothing to do with a naughty or nice list but everything to do with YOUR list for Santa.

Nearly two months ago the North Pole Post Office launched Operation Toy Shop, a reminder campaign for believers to get their wish lists into Santa as early as possible.

The push to get in those wish lists came as a suggestion for how believers could help with the crisis in Santa’s workshop. By getting the lists in early the workshop could get things done faster.

That window of opportunity has now closed. Santa REALLY needs your wish list as soon as possible. If you haven’t done so, please visit this page to get it in to Santa.

For more on how Operation Toy Shop and other efforts are progressing to overcome the crisis in Santa’s workshop please listen to the latest North Pole Radio News Report in the player above.