Dec. 1, 2003 Northpole.com 'Good Deed' Calendars Await Santa on Christmas Eve (Atlanta) - Naughty or nice? This Christmas Eve, right next to the milk and cookies they leave for Santa, thousands of children will also set out their northpole.com Good Deeds Calendars as proof of their “niceness” and good behavior. The holiday site encourages children to check off their achievements and good behavior throughout the year—not just at Christmas—on monthly calendar printouts, and then leave them for Santa on Christmas Eve... More July 15, 2003 Birthday cards from Santa top the new treats for kids as northpole.com celebrates Christmas year-round! (Atlanta) - Birthday cards from Santa? That's just one of the treats Santa has in his bag this year, but you don't have to wait until Christmas. Available immediately, parents can register children to receive a birthday e-card from Santa. This FREE feature is one of several new activities northpole.com offers on its year-round Web site..... More Dec. 20, 2002 Northpole.com gives 1,000 "Raymond" reindeer to Toys for Tots (Atlanta) - Responding to a plea from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign, the holiday Web site www.northpole.com has donated 1,000 "Raymond" reindeer plush toys for distribution to needy children in Georgia.... More Nov. 22, 2002 Northpole.com visitors fill Santa's FAN-mail bag (Atlanta) - Each year www.northpole.com receives a hefty bundle of emails from its visitors--unsolicited testimonials in appreciation of the holiday Web site that offers free activities, stories, and recipes to children and families. Last year the site drew 2.25 million visitors, and received a quarter-million letters to Santa. Also each year, the site receives an amazing gift in return: visitors take the time to write to northpole.com and express their gratitude. Here are some of the emails visitors have sent this year... More Nov. 20, 2002 Mrs. Claus' Kitchen posts 800 "favorite" recipes (Atlanta) - Yes, Santa's lesser-known Mrs. Claus lists more than 800 "favorite" recipes on the much-visited northpole.com web site. But no, selections don’t come from a snowbound Arctic hideaway. They are the family favorites of scores of children and grownups from around the globe. You can view and print holiday-treat recipes sent from all over the world, OR, submit Grandma’s favorite recipe for the elves to try and maybe it will be published. More than 2,000 recipes have been submitted and more than 800 published... More Nov. 20, 2002 Tradition, family, are priorities at northpole.com (Atlanta) - northpole.com offers a sleigh-load of FREE activities for families to share at home this Christmas season, original and personalized children’s stories, Elf Chat, animated holiday postcards, puzzles, games, recipes, a Christmas-only radio station, Elf Pal Academy, Disco Dancing Santa, and an "elf-run" weather station that gives North Pole weather reports. In addition, northpole.com provides children a quick, secure, and certain means to write Santa and get a reply... More Nov. 20, 2002 Letters to Santa fill cyber-mailbag at northpole.com (Atlanta) - Tradition lives at www.northpole.com, where children send letters by the thousands to Santa each day during the holidays. Technology also reigns at this holiday Web site, enabling these youngsters to get a personalized reply from Santa. This is one mail route that is quick, secure, certain, and free. Now that’s a pretty nice gift from old St. Nick!... More Nov. 20, 2002 Elf Pal Academy adds to holiday magic at northpole.com (Atlanta) - Waiting for Christmas morning won't seem quite so long for children when they’re happily entertained at Santa’s own Elf Pal Academy, one of the newest features of the holiday Web site www.northpole.com. The animated “classroom” offers more than 20 new games and 80 activities, including mind-challenging puzzles, mazes, word-search, math riddles, an interactive coloring book, even Santa’s favorite Rubik’s cube... More Nov. 18, 2002 Northpole.com again donates 4 million banner ads to children's groups (Atlanta) - How does a holiday Web site deck the halls? Charitably, of course. Four million banner ads are being donated to children-related groups this holiday season by www.northpole.com. By giving these organizations free advertising, northpole.com helps promote public support and knowledge of pediatric cancer research and the treatment and opportunities available to help children with life-threatening illnesses. Recipients are St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America, The Silver Lining Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House® Charities... More Nov. 18, 2002 5 Easy Steps to the Santa Shuffle at northpole.com (Atlanta) - This holiday season Santa's got some fancy steps at www.northpole.com. The ever-popular holiday site, which last year attracted 2.25 million visitors between Thanksgiving and Christmas, is giving the world Disco Dancing Santa Claus. That's right, Disco Santa. Children can select the music, change the background and even select which slick moves old St. Nick makes. It's all part of the fun and games at northpole.com... More Oct. 15, 2002 Northpole.com offers FREE kids' activities, dancing Santa! (Atlanta) - Keep your children happily entertained throughout the upcoming holiday weeks, writing letters to Santa, playing games and puzzles, and giggling at the “Disco Dancing Santa” - all at www.northpole.com. This holiday Web site also offers Elf Pal Academy, original and personalized children’s stories, animated holiday postcards, recipes, a Christmas-only radio station, and even a conversation simulator called Elf Chat.. More Archive Dec. 14, 2001 60,000 visitors a day find Christmas spirit at northpole.com (Atlanta) - Why do more than 60,000 visitors a day click to www.northpole.com? The answer lies somewhere among the letters to Santa, recipes, children’s stories, ElfChat, karaoke... More Dec. 14, 2001 St. Jude patients get early Santa gift of “Raymond” reindeer (Atlanta) - Santa made an early Christmas delivery this month, giving 500 toy reindeer to patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee--a gift of cheer from www.northpole.com. More Nov. 12, 2001 Santa mail delivers at northpole.com (Atlanta) - Amid predictions of delays and/or closings of postal and volunteer services that have traditionally answered children's letters to Santa, northpole.com provides children a quick, secure, and certain means to write Santa and get a reply… More Nov. 12, 2001 Northpole.com donates 4 million banner ads to children's groups (Atlanta) - Gift-wrapped in technology and tied with heartstrings, four million banner ads are being donated to children-related groups this holiday season by the holiday Web site www.northpole.com. By giving these organizations free advertising, northpole.com helps promote public support and knowledge of pediatric cancer research and the treatment and opportunities available to help children with life-threatening illnesses... More