SHH-WHEE-ULL! BURRR! Two weeks since Christmas! The Claus family and friends have been taking a break, just a little time off after flying around the world, on Christmas Eve! The Reindeer needed some rest, too,  so we grounded them for two weeks!  The flight around the world tired Rudolph so much that his nose started blinking like a red light at a cross road! I wasn't sure if he looked more like a reindeer in a clown suit or a clown in a reindeer suit! Rudolph confided in me that he was glad to take a break. After a while his red blinking nose turned hot pink from exhaustion!

Head Elf, kept smarting off at Rudolph, "Rudolph, your battery is running down."

Rudolph told him, "My critics carry on when my blinking turns pink, but soon they will see the Old Rudolph, again, I just need a long winter's nap! "

Rudolph told ME, that the cold weather is nice for evening flights, but he thinks he will snuggle down in the reindeer barn for a while. I gave him a big screen TV this year for Christmas, so he is kicked back in his Reindeer Easy Chair, [patented by Santa Claus] and having a quiet week.

Number One Elf said he will start to work on the Elf Report, and we will post it, as soon as it is completed; that will probably be next week!

I hope you are all keeping very warm. It is cold here at the North Pole, but Mrs. Claus keeps the home fires burning, so it is toasty warm! Mrs. Claus is also serving up some Reindeer Milk with Gingerbread, so I better go taste it, so I can keep her happy. I learned long ago that when Mrs. Claus is happy we are all happy!