What's up?!

Hey there!

How are you kids doing? I sure hope you're doing well. I am! I saw the movie I have been waiting ALL year to see. High School Musical 3!! I just loved it! The music and songs are so fun! I'm sure you kids all saw it too.

Anyway, we are still working away trying to make sure all these presents are ready for Christmas. I, myself, have been getting things ready for Santa's Thanksgiving dinner with the In-laws! Boy oh boy hope it all goes well! I want to impress Santa! He said, that if I could pull everything off on time, I could RIDE IN THE SLEIGH ON CHRISTMAS!

I am so excited!

I've been thinking a lot about what I am Thankful for.

Here are some things:

• Santa and Mrs. Claus


• Toys


• Christmas


• Silly reindeer


• TURKEY! Mmm!


• Hot chocolate


• My home


• My family


• My friends


• My job...

What are you kids grateful for?

Wonderful!

Hey kids!
Your ideas for Thanksgiving dinner were PERFECT!
I printed off your comments, rushed my little elf body over to Santa's cottage and showed him the list!
He agreed on everything! He was very pleased with the recommendations. Whew!
I was getting so nervous and stressed about having to plan it all by myself!!
You kids are the BEST!
Oh, and Santa is LOVING all the e-mails!! keep them coming! They make his day!
Love,
Orophin!

Any ideas?

I'm sure you all are wondering what's been going on around here.

Well, I will tell you!

A LOT!

My goodness it is so hard just to remember to brush my hair in the morning! It has been so busy. Once November hits, we get slammed! More and more kids are thinking about Christmas and doing what they can do to get on the Nice List!

That's a good thing, but one cup of cocoa in the morning just doesn't cut it sometimes!

Well, las time I posted, I had mentioned that Santa was paging me a lot.

Here's the scoop...

His In-Laws are coming in to town! That's right! Mrs. Claus' parents! He's frantic!!

He gave me one huge checklist of things I need to get done before they get here!

They are coming just in time for Thanksgiving and I've been hussling around trying to make sure everything gets taken care of.

He left me in charge of deciding what we're going to eat for Thanksgiving.

Now, of course we will have a Turkey, but what else should I serve for Thanksgiving dinner?

HELP ME OUT KIDS!

Sincerely frantic,

Orophin

A day in the life of an Elf

So I have been getting alot of emails about what I do all day. So I thought I would let you all know what my day goes like.

When I first wake up I brush my teeth and make my bed. Then I head over to Delphinas dinner for some yummy breakfast. I usually have eggs and toast with strawberry jam!! I love jam!!

Then I head over to Christmas headquarters to start working on all the preperations for Christmas. There is alot to do. I have to check the naughty or nice list everyday. Then I check on the gift wrapping center. We have to make sure we don't fall behind. We make so many toys that if we fell behind I don't know if we could wrap all the gifts in time. Then we have lunch. Mrs. Clause usually invites me to have lunch with her and Santa. I sure like her cooking. After lunch we head over to the candy factory. I REALLY like this part of the day. We get to test all of the candy to make sure it is good. At the end of the day we all get together and sing and dance. We love singing and dancing. When I get home at night I brush my teeth and head off to bed.

So that is a day in the life of an elf.

Compliments of Mrs. Claus

I was passing by Santa's cottage when I was overwhelmed with the yummiest baked cookies I have ever smelt in my life!!Now, that's 234 years of life we are talking about here. I went ahead and knocked on the door. Friendly Mrs. Claus answered the door and asked if I wanted to come in! Of course I said YES! Mmmmm! I was so anxious to see if she would offer me a cookie. I sat at the table with my cup of cocoa she knew I'd love. We started talking about my day at the toy factory. I was trying to explain how the "Stocking Stuffer" was sick today and we got set back a few hours, but all I could really think about were those warm, yummy, sweet cookies she was pulling out of the oven! They looked so delicious! While my explanation started trailing off, Mrs. Claus turned to look at me and gave a little laugh. She asked, "Orophin, would you like one of Santa's favorite sugar cookies?"
Oh YIPPEE!! I was so excited!
I said, "Sure! I would love one please!"
She grabbed me a plate with a cookie and a glass of milk. Oh boy! It was just how I had imagined! So yummy and sweet and delicious! We talked a little more and got on the subject of Santa's blog; The North Pole Daily! She thinks it's a wonderful idea. I talked about how good you kids have been lately. I shared about how Santa let me give you guys the secret Nice List Check List and her eyes got BIG!
She said,
"Oh my! We better get more toy making done! There will be even more kids on the Nice List this year now that the children know the list!"
She was so excited! She then offered to share her cookie recipe!
She said,
"well, if Santa can share something that is so special to him, then I most definitely can share something that is so special to me."
Mrs. Claus makes these cookies for Santa every Christmas! He loves them and she loves that he loves them! Now, she wants you to love them too!

Mrs. Claus' Sugar Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt


DIRECTIONS
-In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
-Blow 5 kisses into the bowl to add extra love!
-Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight) .This gives the extra love (5 kisses) time to work!
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
-Cut into shapes with any christmas cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
-Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.
Decorate and enjoy! Be sure to save Santa a few!!

Hope you kids are enjoying November! Talk to you soon!
Love,
Orophin

Welcome to November!

Hey kids!

It's November now! Exciting, isn't it?

We are working away up here at the North Pole trying to get most of the Stocking Stuffers ready! Aren't stockings so much fun?!

Do you know why we loving filling your stockings?

It's an old tradition that started in Holland in the 16th century. The children would leave their clogs filled with hay for Santa's reindeer and in return, Santa would leave them a little treat. He was really quite fond of the idea. Now, we just moved to using stockings instead! More room for treats I guess!

There are so many wonderful traditions with Christmas. Not just the presents. We enjoy making the toys up here at the North Pole because we know it makes you happy and joyful. That's what Christmas is about; Bringing joy to others.

Next item of business...

How are you kids doing with the 'Nice List Check List' ?

Santa was very particular that he wanted me to share that list with you so you could be on your best behavior! I hope you're doing great!

Anyway, I better be going. Santa has paged me 8 times already in the last 5 minutes! I hope everything is ok...

Oompa Loompa was the winner!!

Your votes count, and Oompa Loompa won! I was the hit of the party! Santa dressed up as the Easter Bunny!
It was such a great party. I saw so many great costumes. Halloween sure is fun!

Santa wants to know what you all were for Halloween!
Tell us about your costumes!