[1995]
[Santa's OFFICIAL News Source]
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
[Mikee Elf]
Crafts for Kids!

Create your very own North Pole Times Elf Puppets with this fun and easy DIY craft! Perfect for kids and families, this festive project brings the beloved North Pole Times characters to life. Using simple materials, kids can make their own adorable elf puppets and put on a holiday puppet show. A wonderful holiday activity for classrooms, family gatherings, or as a special keepsake from the North Pole!


Create heartfelt holiday memories with this easy DIY Christmas Heart Ornament Craft! Perfect for kids and families, this festive craft lets you design beautiful heart-shaped ornaments to decorate your Christmas tree. Using simple materials, these handmade ornaments add a personal touch to your holiday décor. Ideal for classrooms, family crafting sessions, or as thoughtful gifts, this craft is a wonderful way to spread Christmas cheer!


Bring the magic of the North Pole into your home with DIY Christmas Paper Ornaments featuring North Pole Times characters! This fun and easy craft lets kids and families create colorful, handmade ornaments inspired by your favorite North Pole elves. Perfect for hanging on the Christmas tree or giving as gifts, these paper ornaments add a festive, personal touch to your holiday décor. Great for classrooms, family crafting sessions, or holiday parties, this craft is a wonderful way to spread Christmas cheer!


Create festive cheer with DIY Christmas Pop-Up Cards featuring North Pole Times characters! This fun and easy craft allows you to design unique, handmade pop-up cards that bring the magic of the holiday season to life. Perfect for sending holiday greetings or giving as personalized gifts, these pop-up cards add a special touch to your Christmas celebrations. Whether crafting with kids, in the classroom, or at a holiday party, this simple craft is sure to delight family and friends alike!


Create festive fun with this easy Clothespin Snowman Craft, perfect for kids and families during the holiday season! Using simple materials like clothespins, paint, and accessories, you can make charming little snowmen to decorate your home, Christmas tree, or even use as personalized gifts. This DIY craft is ideal for classroom activities, holiday parties, or as a fun family project to enjoy together. A creative way to bring a touch of winter magic to your Christmas celebrations!


[Picnics and Pirates]

Picnics and Pirates

September at the Pole

As kids around the world are getting ready to go back to school, the elves at the North Pole are gearing up for their favorite time of year: Toy Making Season! While toy making does happen all year round in the workshop, September is the time the elves start to finalize what the good girls and the boys of the world will be gifted. And much of their time is spent doing inventory. It is vital to know if they have enough toys to make everyone’s holiday dreams come true. But it isn’t all work and no play (although for the elves work is play!). They take time to celebrate some holidays in September too.

American Labor Day
In the 1800s, most Americans worked 12-hour days! And children as young as 5-6 often had to work too. Families were desperate to put food on their tables and factories were desperate to increase productivity. Workers started to fight for better working conditions.To be better heard, 10,000 workers marched from City Hall to Union Square in New York City on September 5, 1882. This is recognized as the first Labor Day Parade! It became custom, and in 1894 a law, that an annual labor day would give the American workforce a day off of work to recognize their contributions to our society. Many folks choose to celebrate the day with BBQ picnics and family. The elves wholeheartedly believe that a day of rest and relaxation helps them do their jobs more effectively. So they also recognize Labor Day, which is usually the first Monday of September, as a day of rest before they go into high gear at preparing for Christmas!

International Talk like a Pirate Day
Ahoy, me hearties! Created as a joke in 1995, two friends have taken the world by its peg leg and made everyone want to talk like pirates.

[by Elvin Elf]

The elves love mischief, so they embraced this holiday as soon as they heard about it. It took the rest of the world a decade to catch up. The friends that created the day sent a letter to Dave Barry, a nationally syndicated columnist, in 2005. Dave Barry exclaimed “Shiver me timbers!” What a grand idea!” Actually, we’re not sure what he said, we only know he promoted the idea using his column and it caught on. The elves are always up for some fun. So when September 19 arrives it sounds like this in the workshop: Bernard Elf: Avast me hearties! Better get to makin’ the bounty for the good lads and lassies, exception’ those that be hangin’ the jib. Translation: Hello friends! We should be making toys and gifts for the good boys and girls unless they are pouting. At night they watch pirate movies like Hook, Peter Pan or Muppet Treasure Island.


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[On the Eleventh Day of Christmas: Pipers Piping]
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[On the Tenth Day of Christmas: Lords Leaping]
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[On the Ninth Day of Christmas: Ladies Dancing]
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[On the Eighth Day of Christmas: Maids a-Milking]
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Spread Christmas Cheer with Magical Elf Texts from the North Pole!

Let your imagination run wild this holiday season with Elf Texts from North Pole Times! Become one of Santa's mischievous helpers and send fun, personalized text messages to family and friends, straight from the North Pole.

[The North Pole Times News Team]