The elves have a busy month ahead of them

December may mean snow days in Denver, Colo. or beach days in Sydney, Australia, but in Santa’s Village , it means the countdown to Santa’s big night. Starting today, the elves are back on the clock in the North Pole—and throughout the month of December, you can join the elves as they unlock a new project or game each day in preparation for Santa’s annual journey around the world.
The elves have a busy month ahead of them—the reindeers need training and the presents need packing. They’re studying up on Santa’s upcoming stops with candy cane cartography, holiday tradition tests , and even jolly JavaScript courses.
Throughout the holiday celebration, our own developer elves here at Google have also been hard at work getting the sleigh emazing lights tracking algorithm ready for prime time. They’ve been adding finishing touches to the Santa Tracker App for Android so Santa’s just a tap away on phones, tablets, and TVs. The developer elves have been busy, so check out the chrome emazing lights extension and keep a watch out for Santa surprises throughout the month.
Whether you’re wearing snow goggles or sunnies this December, come back to www.google.com/santatracker each day to join in on present parachute practice and reindeer races , or to send a call to friends from Santa. There’s only 23 days to go, so follow Google Maps on Google+ , Facebook and Twitter in the countdown to  #tracksanta ! Mappy holidays! Posted by Sandy Russell, Santa Launch Strategist
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