Track Santa Right From Your Computer With Norad Santa Tracker


In 1955 a Colorado Springs newspaper wanted to give children the ability to track Santa Claus by phoning into a special number they had printed. Unfortunately that number was one digit off and ended up routing to the base of Continental Air Defense Command, now known as Norad.

The man who answered those phone calls Col. Harry W. Shoup, decided he didn’t want to disappoint a bunch of children so he played along, from that point on the traditional of Norad Santa Tracker has continued, with volunteers picking up calls and even answering emails as they arrive in the days leading up to Santa’s arrival.

Now the group that monitors U.S. and Canada’s air defenses, monitors the skies for Santa two days out of the year (Santa reaches far off lands that are a day ahead of us, hence the need for two days of tracking).

While Col. Shoup died in March of this year the tradition lives on, children can even track the big man in the red suit by visiting www.noradsanta.org

Enjoy this holiday tradition with your children, they’ll love watching Santa as he nears your home, perhaps it will even get them into bed a little more quickly.

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