As everyone knows, Santa has Elves who help him design, make and wrap all the presents for Christmas. Now originally there were only 6 Elves, Alabaster Snowball, Bushy Evergreen, Pepper Mintstix, Shiny Upatree, Sugarplum Mary, Wunorse Openslae (sounds like One Horse Open Sleigh). As the number of children in the world got bigger, Santa invited some more Elves to come live in his village and help with the toys.
The original Elves began to train the new Elves and now help Santa by leading teams of Elves each working in a specific work area: -
Alabaster Snowball is the Head of The Naughty and Nice List, the other Elves in his team check how children are behaving and report back to Alabaster, who updates the list for Santa Claus.
Frosty McJingle is the Head Toy Inventor, he and his small team of Elves help Santa invent new toys each year.
Holly Snowflakes is the Head Toy Tester, with her team of Elves, Holly tests all of the new toys invented each year, her team must give a new invention a PASS before they can be made in large amounts by Bushy Evergreen's Team. The team also randomly test toys which have been getting made for many years to make sure they are still suitable for modern children.
Bushy Evergreen is the Head Toy Maker, he shows the Elves in his team how to make the new toys and ensures that all the toys are well made. He also has the really important job of making sure there are enough toys made each year for ALL the children in the world.
Sugarplum Mary is the Head Sweet Treat Maker, she teaches the Elves in her team how to make the sweet treats we all look forward to at Christmas Time. She ensures that everything tastes yummy and works on new recipes with Mrs Claus.
Snowy Gingerbread is the Head Gift Wrapper, her highly specialist team have to wrap all the gifts before they go in Santa's Sleigh no matter what size or shape. They take great pride in making the gifts look awesome.
Tilly Tinseltoes is the Head Clothes Designer, with the Elves in her team they make all the clothes for ALL the Elves, Santa and Mrs Claus as well as anything you might receive too. They work very closely with Mrs Claus who has the final say on styles and colours. Mrs Claus loves designing Christmas Jumpers.
Wunorse Openslae is the Head Sleigh Mechanic, he makes sure Santa's Sleigh is in top condition for Christmas Eve and sometimes he and the Elves in his team make improvements to Santa's Sleigh. They have added a tracker to the Sleigh so that we can check where Santa is in the world on Christmas Eve, so we know when it is time to be in bed and asleep.
Minty Mistletoe is the Head Sleigh Loader, her team have to load up Santa's Magic Sack and Sleigh so that all the gifts that Santa has to delivery on Christmas Eve fit. Santa can't go back to restock the Sack and Sleigh as this would take too much time and prevent all the gifts being delivered on Christmas Eve. As the number of children in the world has increased their job has become more and more specialised.
Chuck Snowball is the Head Reindeer Elf, he and his team take extremely good care of Santa's reindeer. They make sure the reindeer have nice clean stables. As well as plenty of tasty food, in December it is really important they ensure Mrs Claus knows when they are running low in Yummy Carrott Cookies so that she has time to bake more before they run out as that is the main thing the reindeer eat that month. They also take the reindeer out for some exercise each day into a specially built playground that the reindeer enjoy flying around, over and under the obstacles in it.
Bernard Twinklelights is the Head of Maintenance, he works with a team of Elves who all have building skills, so there are electricians who make all the Christmas lights twinkle, painters who keep all the buildings inside and out bright and cheerful, as well as joiner, plumbers, gardeners, bricklayers and lots, lots more and they keep everything in Santa's Village working perfectly for everyone.
Pepper Mintstix is the Head of Security, she works with her team to make sure that Santa's village is never seen by normal people like you and me (should we ever go to the North Pole). She and the Elves she works with also make sure that the Village cannot been seen from the aeroplanes that might fly over and that the Satellites that go around the world in space don't see it either. They have to keep an eye on how much Christmas Spirit there is, by closely monitoring Santa's Christmas Spirit Globe. If the amount of Christmas Spirit drops less snow falls within the Globe. They do this so they know if there is any risk to Santa's Magic, which is what powers the invisibility blanket that is around and over the Village, it also stops people bumping into the village if they are walking around North Pole.
Berry Snowtips is the Head of Comforts, she works with two teams of Elves, Team 1 makes sure there is always plenty of yummy food for all the Elves as well as Santa and Mrs Claus. This team works a lot with Mrs Claus as she helps decide what the menu for each day is going to be. Team 2 makes sure all the houses are always lovely and toasty inside, with nice clean rooms and plenty of snacks in the kitchen and making sure the hot chocolate machine is always topped up.
Jumpn Waejoy is the Head of Merriness, he has his team of Elves make sure there are always lots of fun things happening in the village such as activities and entertainment whether its Mrs Claus favourite Karaoke or Santa's favourite Snowball Fights. They organise Talent Shows, Competitions and lots lots more.
Shiny Upatree is Santa's Head Elf, he and Santa are best friends and set up Santa's Village together. Shiny is totally dedicated to Santa and his mission to ensure every child in the world gets a toy on Christmas Day. He helps make sure all the Elves are happy and working well, as well as generally helping out in anyway Santa needs him too.
You may be wondering about the other Elves?
Each Elf has a specific job that they do, but they are allowed to do other jobs instead if they wish, clearly each Elf gets really good at a job they do for a long time but sometimes they just feel like a wee change.
Naturally Elves have very happy personalities and love nothing more than working for Santa while singing Christmas songs. They all wear brightly coloured clothes that Mrs Claus and the Clothing Design Elves specially designs for each of them. They sometimes make pairs of odd socks as a few of the Elves like to wear odd socks every day.
The Elves all live in pretty little houses, that they share with their friends. The houses are kept all clean and tidy for them by the Elves of the Comfort team who also make sure there are lots of cookies, snacks and hot chocolate available in each house.
We are going to take a tour around the village in a little while, if you want, we can have a peep around some of the houses then too as well as the workshops and where Santa and Mrs Claus live.