This is also the 60th year the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs is tracking Santa's progress.
Live Science explains how to track Santa and they also include how NORAD got into Santa tracking. Key quote:
If you want to honor NORAD's Santa-tracking roots, then give the organization a ring at 1-877-Hi-NORAD. Kids (and kids at heart) have been calling that number to find out where in the world Santa is on Christmas Eve since 1955. The tradition started when a local business in Colorado Springs advertised a Santa hotline that children could call on Christmas Eve. But the company listed the wrong number on its advertisement, and when kids called the number, Santa didn't answer. Instead, Col. Harry Shoup, then commander in chief of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), the predecessor to NORAD, fielded the phone calls.
Clearly a good sport, Shoup went along with the children's lines of questioning, periodically checking NORAD's radar for signs of a giant sleigh led by a red-nosed reindeer. He was the first of many good-spirited servicemen and women to track Santa in action.
Google also has a Santa Tracker this year. In addition to tracking Santa's progress on Christmas Eve, it has lots of fun activities.
Happy Holidays! and we'll see you again next year.
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