Jingle Java, Jingle Java

The Holiday season is growing near! Despite my concerns about the elves strike, I can sense the Christmas spirit starting to work its magic. I am so busy it is almost overwhelming. And yet no matter how hard we work, it seems that we are not at all prepared for this upcoming season. Still... we all seem a little happier each day. There seems to be a little more energy each day. I can feel it in the air around here at the North Pole.

Today was a traditional milestone day for me... though I must admit, it is a fairly new tradition relatively speaking. The shipment of Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee beans arrived today! I don't know how many sleighs landed but it was pretty big convoy that brought in the season's supply. We don't serve any other coffee from Thanksgiving Day through New Years Day anywhere throughout the North Pole Operations.... so it takes a lot of coffee, as you can imagine. What a wonderful aroma though as they unloaded bags and bags of freshly roasted Christmas blend coffee beans! I can't wait to taste that spicy & sweet coffee on Thanksgiving morning (I never drink it before Thanksgiving Day... another tradition). No wonder I am feeling more in the Christmas spirit!


We did have a few elves show up for work today. Jingle tells me that about 10% of the workforce has returned since we sent out the letter last week but Jimmy Holiday and the IFE remain committed to continuing the strike. I have asked them again to meet for talks and again Jimmy has refused.

As I'm thinking about it... if you have been away for a while, I encourage you to read up on everything that has happened since the New Year. I tried to log something every month so you could keep up. Also, note that you can leave comments here but I also have a new email address this Christmas season... you can reach me at SantaNorthPoleCEO@gmail.com

Enough for now. Mrs. Claus needs me to go over the final list for Thursday's Thanksgiving celebration before I head to a midnight conference call with Jingle (he's out of the office... it's noon where he is at).