The NORAD Santa tracker is following Santa Claus around the world as he and his reindeer deliver gifts.
The NORAD Santa Tracker website supports eight languages. You can email them at [email protected] started tracking Santa’s whereabouts in 1955 when a young child tried to call Santa after seeing a misprinted department store ad from a local newspaper.
"Instead of calling Santa, the child called the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo." NORAD said on its website. "Air Force Col. Harry Shoup, the commander on duty that night who answered the child’s phone call, was quick to realize a mistake had been made and assured the child he was Santa."An influx of children called the agency in search of Santa, so they assigned a duty officer to answer the calls.
In addition to tracking Santa, NORAD monitors all traffic in North American airspace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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