Track Santa with NORAD on Christmas Eve
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/24/2015 - 8:33am
NORTH POLE —No longer do we need to guess when the big man is coming to town.
Whether you made the Naughty or Nice list, you can track Santa Claus as he goes around the world, delivering presents on Christmas Eve thanks to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement in Colorado Springs, Colorado, misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through operations hotline for the commander of the Continental Air Defense Command.
The director of operations at the time, Col. Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.
Track Santa with NORAD below or visit the command's website, www.noradsanta.org.
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