http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog Santa's Blog on his happening at the North Pole for December until Christmas. And then MONTHLY updates for the other 11 months! This is as good as egg nog and sugar cookies! en Seqkat Seqkat Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:20:11 +0100 daily 1 Hello Everyone, Well 'Ol Santa is finally back to touch base with you after Christmas.  He apologizes for the delay in doing so.  The North Pole was hit with a dreadful ice storm on the 27th and it put the North Pole server out until late Friday night.  It's good to be back online with you. I trust and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 'Ol Santa did work a little of his magic, and he got those last presents in perfect time for Christmas! 'Ol Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Elves, the reindeer and all the pets up here, had a very nice Christmas. I gave Mrs. Claus a pair of little guinea pig girls.  She was so delighted.  I gave the elves 50 new Christmas CD's - needless to say, we were all delighted with that!  Ho-Ho-Ho! And the Elves, fixed 'Ol Santa's alarm clock for him.  That was a great present for me!  And Mrs. Claus gave me a tree ornament shaped like a cat with my cat's name engraved on it, that I lost... Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:20:11 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-is-Back/47/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-is-Back/47/ Hello Everyone, Well it's the day before the Big Day for 'Ol Santa - Christmas Eve Eve.  Crunch time - big time now!  Amazon emailed 'Ol Santa again.  They shipped the final ten items, that we were again unable to find in stores yesterday.  But those items will not arrive until the 26th of December.  Hmm ... think it's time to utilize a little bit of 'Ol Santa's magic.  He just may can work with that ... There's a lot to do today!  'Ol Santa has to help clean cages for the small animals, help the Toy Production Elves finish up, then help the Wrapping Department finish up, and help load the sleigh, and finish my list.  Finishing the list today will be easy - just the Y's and Z's - there's not too many of those!  Oh, and if I have time I did promise to help Mrs. Claus with some more baking today in the kitchen.  I did help her yesterday and she did let me make some chocolate chip cookie dough!  Yum ... yum! ... Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:41:43 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/The-Day-before-the-Big-Day-a-Stocking-Stuffer/46/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/The-Day-before-the-Big-Day-a-Stocking-Stuffer/46/ Hello Everyone, Well, sadly I just checked my email.  That last order of ten items that I ordered through Amazon is not available, and I'm not going to get those last items by the 24th of December.    The only thing we can do now is go on a hunt again at nearby stores - which is so hard to do - we have so much to do today.  We really don't have time to be going out and about.  We are in crunch time.  It just makes me feel weary.  'Ol Santa does not like letting anyone down.  We have found a stress button of mine. Good news is 'Ol Santa is on schedule with his list.  I'm on the W's and X's today.  The W's will take some time, but I'll breeze right through the X's - not many of those. It's snowing just as the Weather Elf predicted on the Elf News.  It's supposed to snow through Sunday - the BIG day for 'Ol Santa!  It's hard to believe that's only two days away.  I'll be helping the Elves... Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:09:22 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Stressed-We-re-Ten-Presents-Short/45/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Stressed-We-re-Ten-Presents-Short/45/ Hello Everyone, My, have I missed you.  I didn't get to blog at all this weekend nor Monday.  Saturday 'Ol Santa did the last of his trademark shopping, and then he went to the malls for the kids to sit on his lap, and then he even visited several pet shops - Ho-Ho-Ho!  The kids and the pets - now that was a lot of fun!  The weather sure was warm for you all.  'Ol Santa was glad to return to the North Pole.  He felt like he was Frosty the Snowman melting in his Santa suit. Then that night the Mrs. and I attended the Elf Ball.   You should have seen Mrs. Claus.  She was absolutely beautiful.  She wore a little holly and some mistletoe in her hair.  Ho-Ho-Ho ... 'Ol Santa was rather fond of the mistletoe.  She and I got down with "Jingle Bell Rock" and enjoyed a beautiful slow dance to "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."   The Elves had the castle beautifully decorated.  We were even surprised by several, and when I say... Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:43:30 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-is-Back/44/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-is-Back/44/ Hello Everyone, Well 'Ol Santa woke with a start this morning!  Nemet came rushing in to get me.  One of the baby guinea pig males was attacking two others with whom it shared a cage.  We couldn't find any of our extra cages we keep for such emergencies.  We usually have them on the shelves in the Animal Gift Room.  But the shelves were empty of cages.  We had to hand hold the agressive guinea pig until Holly finally came back from our storage room with a cage.  She sent some other Elves to fetch the rest of the empty shelves to bring them in just in case that emergency rose again, as it took her thirty minutes to find the cages. You have no idea just how big that storage room is.  You can actually get lost in there.  Don't laugh, we really do have a map for it!  We try to break it down to certain sections to keep everything organized, but as many elves that come in and out not all of them are as up on their organization skills as some of the others.  Anytime... Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:07:10 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/The-Fur-is-Flying/43/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/The-Fur-is-Flying/43/ Hello Everyone! Hope your day is going well.  'Ol Santa seems to be growing a kitten everywhere.  Now, I can hear you saying, "Huh?"  So, let me explain.  When I brush my teeth in the morning, my arm suddenly grows a kitten that suspiciously looks just like my kitten.   And then the growth moves to my shoulder and sometimes to my head. Even when um ... well, even when 'Ol Santa reads the Christmas Town Chronicle while sitting upon the throne in the bathroom, I grow a kitten on my back. Washing my hands this morning in Mrs. Claus' kitchen, I grew a kitten on my legs, then the growth moved to my shoulder and stuck fastly to it! Ho-Ho-Ho!  Of course 'Ol Santa is jiving with you, but his little kitten sure does love to cling to him.  It's quite sweet and cute! Okay, Dataelf looked into the kitten and puppy delivery that came in the form of a guinea pig delivery.  Sure enough they sent the wrong pets!  Don't know what... Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:30:39 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Growing-Kitten-Everywhere-Look-And-about-the-Pet/42/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Growing-Kitten-Everywhere-Look-And-about-the-Pet/42/ Hello Everyone, 'Ol Santa is in good spirits this morning.  Our budget getting an extra boost was an early Christmas gift to him.  Now, I can go do that shopping, I've been needing to do for the trademark gifts.  So, shopping and visiting the malls is on my agenda today. It's raining this morning.  This weather really confounds me.  It's blistering cold one morning and 40 degrees and raining the next.  We've needed the rain though to melt the top covers of snow.  It's been over a month since we've had rain, and the snow has just been getting deeper and deeper.  It was getting very hard to walk through.  Good timing too, as the Weather Elf has been calling for snow next week. You're not going to believe this!  Our kittens and puppies that were due yesterday ... there must have been a goof up somewhere along the line.  When the SDPS man arrived he handed us carriers full of baby guinea pigs!  Oh, they're so adorable!! ... Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:19:45 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Kittens-Puppies-but-did-get-something-Furry/41/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Kittens-Puppies-but-did-get-something-Furry/41/ Hello Everyone, The temperature dropped here again at the Pole.  We were down to 12 degrees this morning, when 'Ol Santa fed the reindeer and took his dog for a walk.  Brr ... Well, that business letter 'Ol Santa had to write yesterday was sent and we received in the mail  yesterday too a partial refund ... partial have you.  But that refund did give our budget a boost.  So, I am thankful for that.  I'll be able to do more shopping for trademarks gifts that needed to be done.  I think I'll do that tomorrow and incorporate some more visits with the children in the malls too, while I'm out and about.  So, you better watch out ... 'Ol Santa is coming to town tomorrow!  Ho-Ho-Ho! 'Ol Santa is so excited.  He can't wait for the arrival of the puppies and kittens today!  I got a feeling, this day is going to go by in turtle mode!  Ever notice it does that when you're waiting for something you really want ... but boy does it fly when... Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:37:03 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Foot-Tapping-while-Waiting-the-Kittens-and-Puppies/40/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Foot-Tapping-while-Waiting-the-Kittens-and-Puppies/40/ Hello Everyone, 'Ol Santa  worked hard on his list yesterday and got up to the L's.  It's coming along.  Today 'Ol Santa has some stressful work on his agenda.  I have a business company that is not honoring what 'Ol Santa bought and they keep coming up with every excuse under the sun.  I'm going to have to send them a letter of grievance today.  'Ol Santa has been patient with the company and has given them every possible chance.  I'm now left no choice. I have to go into Christmas Town today to go to the Elfrun Pet Store.  I'm running out of guinea pig food for my pet guinea pigs.  The Elves that run that store are so delightful.  They keep 'Ol Santa in pet stock.  I'd be lost without them.  They let me order large bags of food through them, so I don't have to come in as often.  I have four pet guinea pigs, and they are so sweet. The temperature is still going to be warm again today, another 38... Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:57:53 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Yet-Another-Busy-Day/39/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Yet-Another-Busy-Day/39/ Hello Everyone, The Mrs. and 'Ol Santa are the only ones up right now.  It's Sunday morning, and that's the one day the Elves can sleep in.  Bless their little hearts.  They so deserve it.  After Christmas they can resume sleeping in on Saturdays too. It's so quiet.  No music playing and no hammering and chattering.  It's a rare moment here at the Pole. Swew what a hard day 'Ol Santa pulled yesterday in the Wrapping Department.  I'm still a bit tired this morning after that.  Those Elves work hard.  I stayed in there with them until closing time, and then helped them clean up.  That took a while too.  The main thing is standing on your feet constantly, and talk about lists, (um ... one of my specialities), the Elves have to maintain them as well to know what has been wrapped, what needs to be wrapped and to whom the present goes.  'Ol Santa's feet were suffering last night. I then watched a Christmas movie and worked on... Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:11:24 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/A-Quiet-Sunday-Morning/38/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/A-Quiet-Sunday-Morning/38/ Happy Weekend Everyone! 'Ol Santa is in jolly good spirits this morning.  Last year he searched all kinds of stores for the chasing lights like we had for the Grand Tree to use on my personal tree in my den.  And I was told by all vendors that they weren't made anymore. So, sadly he went shopping at the XmasMart yesterday and picked up a box of ordinary lights for the Grand Tree.  Then I danced in place right there in the store!  The ordinary lights were chasing lights with 16 different speeds!  Our old ones only had five.  I couldn't wait to get home and show Mrs. Claus. She was so excited.  Seeing her happy made 'Ol Santa so jolly!  Ho-Ho-Ho!  It was like an early Christmas gift to us.  I had to thank God for it! Last night was so cozy.  I sat with Mrs. Claus and some of the elves in my den with a lit fire in the fireplace the tree lights on, and colored in Christmas coloring books, and then we watched a movie titled Santa Who ?  That... Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:48:45 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/An-Early-Christmas-Gift-Dancing-in-the-XmasMart/37/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/An-Early-Christmas-Gift-Dancing-in-the-XmasMart/37/ Hello Everyone! Boy what a crazy couple of days it's been in the electric department.  I didn't blog with you yesterday because the Elves blew a fuse!  Well with the hundreds of fuse boxes we have here in the castle they reported to me they didn't find the right fuse until about an hour after 'Ol Santa had left for his shopping and mall scenes. Then this morning Mrs. Claus' most favorite Christmas lights didn't come on when we plugged them up on the Grand Tree.  We've had these lights for many years.  They are chasing lights, but they have five different patterns from fast to slow.  They are beautiful.  Well, they've been repaired several years already.  But today, the wires have just worn out right at the box that is sealed shut.   They are beyond repair - this greatly saddens us all, but it especially saddens Mrs. Claus. They are trademarked lights, and they don't make them anymore, and we can't make them, as they are... Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:31:04 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Blown-Fuses-Broken-Christmas-Lights-Santa-Interview/36/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Blown-Fuses-Broken-Christmas-Lights-Santa-Interview/36/ Ho-Ho-Ho!  Greetings Everyone! Hope you all are having a grand morning.  'Ol Santa feels much better this morning, as his alarm clock worked, and he got up in time! Brr ... is it ever cold this morning.  The temperature dropped down to 10 degrees!  We got a frost on top of the snow.  Now, I know you mindful ones out there are wondering, how can 'Ol Santa see frost on snow.  Ho-Ho-Ho!  I could claim it's 'Ol Santa's magic, but I'll confess the truth.  One of our reindeer - Dancer has always like to stay outside and not go in the barn in bad weather.  Dancer had frost on her back this morning!  She didn't go in the barn with the rest of the reindeer.  Each of them can go in the barn or in the pasture at their choosing.  They each have their own stall.  Dancer has always been that way.  Silly reindeer. I did finish the B's on the list and have moved on to the C's.  That's finally getting back underway.  I do have a ton... Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:41:36 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Keeping-Watch-the-Cats-They-working-being-the/35/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Keeping-Watch-the-Cats-They-working-being-the/35/ Hello Everyone, Well 'Ol Santa has had a hectic morning.  I overslept!  Yep, 'Ol Santa knows what he's asking for Christmas this year - a new alarm clock.  I have one of those clocks that you don't have to set the time.  I've had it for a quite a few years now.  But it started running 2 minutes ahead of time early this year, which I didn't mind, that helps me be on time.  Now, it's running 4 minutes ahead.  When you hit the snooze button, it goes off every 9 minutes now, instead of 10.  One weekend it went off every 18 minutes - thank God it was the weekend, as I have more of a relaxed schedule for the weekends. The clock has two alarms too - you can set one for one person, and set a different time for another one.  Well, Mrs. Claus gets up earlier than I do to tend to the kitchen and indoor animals, as I tend to the outdoor animals.  Well the clock went off for her, and I heard it, with no problem.  It didn't go off for me at all!  Mrs.... Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:35:51 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Alarming-Failure/34/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Alarming-Failure/34/ Hello Everyone! Today, 'Ol Santa has to admit, he's a sleepy Santa.  That would be special thanks to the Elves' party.  But did we have a good time.  We ended up playing Uno and Phase 10 and did Karoke to Christmas carols, Ho-Ho-Ho that was a blast!  And we ate a lot, and stayed up way late!  Hence, my sleepiness.  It'll take 'Ol Santa a couple of days to catch that back up, if he gets the time. But I did get behind on my list, as I didn't tend to it with all the fun and commotion.  So, I've got to get back on that today double time. The temperature has dropped.  We're down to 25 degrees but it's even supposed to go lower than that tonight - down to 15 degrees!  So, 'Ol Santa helped the Elves put down extra cedar shavings for the reindeer bedding.  And boy did they stay in the barn last night.  Cleaning the stalls took a bit longer this morning.  'Ol Santa could barely move to walk the dog, wearing three... Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:33:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/After-the-Party/33/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/After-the-Party/33/ Swew!  'Ol Santa is running late this morning.  I had to help Dataelf re-do inventory after all my purchases at XmasMart yesterday.  Sadly, they did not have all the things I needed.  We've got to do some more ordering now.    That's putting me a little bit more behind than I expected. I've got to help the Wrapping Department today.  They're behind now because of the Elves' party.  We're going to hand out presents to all our guests.  So, we've got to get them all wrapped.  And then next week is the Elf Ball!  Very tiring time of year ... sigh.    These Elves sure do like to party.  But they work SO hard.  How could 'Ol Santa deny them a little fun? Then Mrs. Claus is getting on us all to help clean to get ready for our guests.  It is easier for her if we all do our share, especially since she'll be doing some extra baking today for the party.  All of our plates are extra loaded today.  Hope I have the energy to do it all.... Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:17:28 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Too-much-to-do-today/32/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Too-much-to-do-today/32/ Hello Everyone! Well, as you can see in the *listening to* section - we finally broke down and are playing our Christmas music despite our knowing the CDs all too well!  It's Christmas time, and you just got to hear the Christmas music.  Right now, Silver Bells is playing. 'Ol Santa had a strange experience yesterday morning.  Once he was left a gift from a Native American under the tree.  Ho-Ho-Ho!  It was a kit to make a pouch.  Well, I made that pouch years, and years, and years, (let's not get into just how OLD I am) ago.  I made the pouch and decided to use it for sugar cubes for me to wear when I feed and visit the reindeer.  Well, the pouch has a long leather lace on it.  I was walking the dog before feeding the reindeer yesterday morning, and for some reason, the dog got all excited and was jumping all around me and in front of me, as if he were trying to protect me from something.  He does this when I swing, um ... yes, 'Ol Santa has a... Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:05:42 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Back-to-Christmas-Music-Broken-Lace/31/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Back-to-Christmas-Music-Broken-Lace/31/ Good morning, Everyone! Well, 'Ol Santa has the best of news!  His sleigh passed inspection.  Yay!  That gives me a little bit more in my budget to purchase materials to make toys and to purchase gifts, that 'Ol Santa doesn't have the trademarks to make. One of my Cats - every morning she watches my chair at my desk.  She waits until 'Ol Santa is about to sit in it, and dives in and takes my seat.  It's as comical as it is annoying!  Ho-Ho-Ho.  On the plus side, the seat is always nice and warm for me.  'Ol Santa shares this with you, as he just moved her once again.  Unfortnately, she has to be one of the cats that doesn't mind using her claws to protest me moving her, either. Okay about our lack of Christmas music.  Now, I know many of you think we listen to Christmas music all year long ... NO!  We'd get sick to death of the songs.  But that's exactly what's happening.  We have a good 50 or so Christmas CDs and yes,... Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:26:04 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-Needs-YOUR-Help/30/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Ol-Santa-Needs-YOUR-Help/30/ Good morning, Everyone! Well, 'Ol Santa had a good day yesterday.  Went to the XmasMart and the Sleighicular department wasn't busy.  They put new runners on and was finished by the time I was finished shopping!  That was great. Didn't have to wait too long to pay my taxes either.  So, that went smoothly. Elfrain left to take the sleigh in a few minutes ago to get it inspected.  So, I guess I'll hear from him this afternoon - with the good news that it passed inspection.  See, 'Ol Santa's speaking positively here - speaking that which he desires to help manifest it.  That's a little of 'Ol Santa's magic, but that magic everyone has, just a lot of you don't know it!  There's you another early stocking stuffer.  When you know you have the magic - you can use it! This may sound minutely silly but I must say, I had a good shopping cart yesterday.  It was such a pleasure.  It wasn't beat up, the wheels were... Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:06:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Thus-far-things-are-Gliding/29/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/Thus-far-things-are-Gliding/29/ Good morning,  Everyone! Well, 'Ol Santa has a busy day ahead of him.  I have to go the NorthPole treasure's office and pay property taxes - darn sleigh is running me high this year.  I had gotten a new one in February 2004 and since I had it by January 2005, it's biting me now!  It's a great sleigh though!  Then in the far opposite direction, I've got to Christmas Town to the XmasMart to do some grocery shopping and get new runners for the sleigh.  Oh, and I have to go to the Elf Citizens Bank today to deposit some money so I can afford all of these things.  Tomorrow, Elfrain is going to take the sleigh in for me to get it inspected.  Cross your fingers for 'Ol Santa that it passes.  Elfrain and me checked the brakes.  They should pass this time, but we'll definitely have to replace them before next time. Time for me to start on the list again.  I've checked it once, but you know, I have to check it twice, as things can... Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:30:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/XmasMart-and-New-Runners-for-the-Sleigh-Taxes/28/ http://www.blogigo.com/SantasBlog/XmasMart-and-New-Runners-for-the-Sleigh-Taxes/28/