If you wanted to track the location of Father Christmas tonight, you have only to look on NORAD’s site, accessible in 7 languages.
The tradition started in 1955 when NORAD was called the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) and a Sears advertisement printed Santa’s hotline into CONAD’s instead of Santa!
Colonel Harry Shoup, a commander, decided to have his staff find out where Santa was to so they could pass along the information to the kids.
Nowadays, volunteers help the center by taking phone calls and e-mails from kids. But if you really want to know what’s going on with Santa, all you need is a computer. Thanks to the Internet now, you can track him yourself online through NORAD’s site.
NORAD is made possible by Google Earth so have fun tracking and Merry Christmas!
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