Santa Clause is coming! Did you know that YOU can track Santa? Your kids will be soooo excited to know they can follow him too! Here is everything you need to track the "big guy" this year.
For their 68th year the North American Aerospace Defense Command - NORAD is gearing up to track Santa’s yuletide journey around the globe!
The NORAD Tracks Santa program has been around for a long time . . . since 1955 to be exact! "We believe that Santa Claus is alive and well in the hearts of people throughout the world" at NORAD. The countdown to Santa's flight has already begun.
Beginning at 1:00 am PST on December 24th
You can start to track Santa live as he takes his historical journey around the world and watch videos from NORAD Santa Cams of Santa and his reindeer!
The NORAD Tracks Santa website has lots of fun things for kids and grown ups to do
It features Santa's North Pole Village, which includes a Santa Tracker countdown, Chat with Radar, the music stage where you can listen to Santa's favorite holiday songs, the library where you can learn all about Santa's magic sleigh and holiday traditions, the arcade where you can play a new game every day, the theater where you can watch movies about Santa and NORAD, the giftshop where you can buy Santa and NORAD gear, NORAD HQ where you can learn more about them and their mission.
The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.
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The official NORAD Tracks Santa app is available so parents and kids can count down the days until Santa’s launch
Download the Google app ~ Download the iPhone app
Additional tracking options:
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Starting at 1 am PST on Dec. 24, website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. Then, at 3 am PST, trackers worldwide can call to inquire as to Santa’s whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) where they will either speak with a live phone operator or hear a recorded update.
Anytime on Dec. 24, Amazon Alexa users can ask for Santa’s location through the NORAD Tracks Santa skill for Amazon Alexa, and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to locate Santa.
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For more than 60 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command - CONAD, have tracked Santa’s flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel 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.
In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa.
Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to phone calls and emails from children all around the world. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Millions of people who want to know Santa's whereabouts now visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website. Finally, media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide updates on Santa's journey.
In Memory of Retired Colonel Harry Shoup, NORAD's First Santa Tracker September 29, 1917 - March 14, 2009
The NORAD Tracks Santa program is made possible by volunteers and through the generous support of corporate licensees who bear virtually all of the costs.
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Merry Christmas!
