5 Days & Counting!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Busy! Busy! Busy!

Can you believe it?!  My big trip is only 5 days away!  My how time flies when the Christmas season hits!  The elves and I have been burning the midnight oil for weeks now getting all these toys finished up and wrapped for you!

We’ve had lots of Christmas letters come in this year, and I’m still trying to get through them all!  But don’t worry, I’m almost done (just in case you were worried I wouldn’t get to yours)!  I’ve enjoyed each and everyone of them, and there is a record number of you on the nice list this year!  That makes things even more hectic around here because that just means more toys to deliver and more stockings to fill than past years.

The last few days of videos on the websites, iPhone app and Android app will show me busy with my final preparations before the big trip, as well as the big trip itself!  Just like last year, I want to thank you (and your moms and dads too) for following me via my video feature, and I look forward to bringing the videos to you again next year!

Well, time to get back to work.  We’ve got a lot to do yet and it’s almost time to load the sleigh!  I also have to feed the reindeer yet this evening.  They are starting to get a little impatient!  :)

See you soon (while visions of sugar plums dance in your head)!

Sincerely,

Santa Claus

Tis the Season!

Hello Moms, Dads, and Children!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween this past weekend.  Did you get all kinds of goodies while trick or treating? :)

Now that it’s officially November, the 2009 Christmas season is fully underway!  The elves are extending their daily work shifts starting tonight and the reindeer start their exercises and flying training camp next week to warm up for the big trip!  But I’m sure the North Pole isn’t the only place that’s turning their gears up to 11!  From what I hear via the Internet, the stores are ready for shoppers, the weather is starting to get colder, and the children’s eyes are beginning to glow!  What an exciting time this is!

Despite all the Christmas hub-bub that’s already starting, don’t forget the one other holiday that usually gets lost in the shuffle: Thanksgiving!  That one is only a few weeks away.  The annual North Pole Thanksgiving dinner is one I look forward to every year as it’s the one solid day of vacation we take during the busy season in order to reflect on everything that we are thankful for.  Hopefully you do the same!

Sincerely,
Santa Claus

Welcome to Christmas 2009!

Ho! Ho! Ho!  Welcome to my new website, the official site of the North Pole and the 2009 Christmas season!  This year, I’m really getting my hands (and the reindeers’ paws) dirty in this new fangled technology era by providing you several ways to keep track of me throughout the holiday season.  For starters, we launched this brand new beautiful website as the official gateway to the North Pole and my home!  Also, I will be posting regular updates via popular sites such as Twitter, Facebook and hopefully Flickr.

In addition to those things, you will be able to track me through a series of videos for the second year in a row via the Santa Live iPhone app!  With all these ways to keep track of me nowadays, I’m really going to have to step up my invisible ninja skills and magic efforts to stay on my toes!

Well, I gotta run for now.  Mrs. Claus says it’s time for dinner.  I look forward to talking with you all and receiving your 2009 Christmas letters soon!

Sincerely,
Santa Claus