Greetings, boys and girls! Santa here, welcoming you all to Christmas 2009! (Ho-ho-ho!)
Charles Edward Hall returns to headline the Radio City Christmas Show! I don't think I need to state the obvious in wishing good luck to all cast and crew of the 77th annual show, even if some of you didn't enjoy the version recorded for television (I found it interesting, though; NBC's Today Show hosts, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, didn't say much, but at least there was a great emphasis on letting most of the numbers speak for themselves!). Also, I hear that the Hollywood Christmas Parade has had its original name restored; I'm sure that'll make ol' Tim Connaghan quite happy! You'll see ol' Tim greeting his fans along Hollywood Boulevard twice in prime-time this year, when MyNetworkTV presents an edited version of the event on December 10th! As for me, I'll soon be networking again with my team in Colorado Springs, as the NORAD Santa Squad supercharges yet another of their usual observations of my Christmas Eve journey! And Christmas Eve is only the beginning!
There's the Walt Disney World Christmas Morning Parade for us to do (although, I'll never figure out this thing Regis has with Cinderella!); we've got our Gatlinburg party and Parade to do --- and the star and director of the latest movie about me, Nicholas of Myra, will be the Grand Marshals for the Holly & Shamrock Parade --- and finally, in June, there's the Santa Jamboree happening in Anaheim, California --- and when that's over, things'll have gone so fast that we'll be busy getting ready to see what my buddies in Bakken in Denmark will be up to! (That, of course, is the World Santa Claus Congress!)
Oh yeah, one other thing: Anya, Dooley and I will, of course, celebrate 25 years since Alexander and Ilya Salkind decided that they wanted us to do a movie about our adventures up here at the Pole! And you can bet that there'll be even MORE news and information bursting out of my Kringleverse, as it were! And for almost 15 years, only one Mortal has dared to share all my holiday odysseys with each and every one of you. So thanks for visiting Richard Washington's KringleQuest.com Beyond!
Only Richard and his incredible team of Elf supporters have what it takes to track down the best breaking news items, locate the most important information, and share with you updated and/or totally revised links! And as always, the centerpiece of this website --- our jewel in the crown, if you will --- is the one motion picture that started it all: Santa Claus: The Movie.
So, boys and girls, please continue to join me and Richard, as the famous "Elf Without Jingles" tackles the Santa stories and adventures YOU want to discover! Richard's a hard-workin' Elf, I'm sure, but he certainly knows his way around the Season to be Jolly --- and that's why he put this website here in the first place! Do join us!
Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas to all!