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NORAD, located at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., has been tracking Kris Kringle every Christmas Eve for the past 60 years, beginning in 1955. I am Mrs. Claus, and 20 to 30 7-year-olds stand frozen like statues at the shock of seeing me in full dress. While this Santa event was planned first back in August, I feared someone would get sick or there would be a snow storm and it was the weekend before Christmas so if this Santa experience failed, we would have no Santa experience so I planned another. This year I’ve gotten a lot of requests for Hoverboards.

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“Kids also say whether they have left milk or cookies for Santa or carrots for the reindeer”. “So I always encourage the kids to get a pet and let Santa bring something for the pet”.


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Q: Exactly how does Santa get down the chimney?

Phone teams preparing at the Track Santa Operation Center. My wife, who is always in the “Christmas spirit” and contributing to the economy, thinks I have a bah humbug attitude where Christmas is concerned.

American Girl Dolls and accessories, iPhones, stuffed animals, TV’s and craft sets, dirt bikes, to name just a few items that came to the attention of Santa. I ran towards the bedroom looking for my mother with the good news. And I said, “Well, that’s fine with me”.

Have you ever wondered what Santa Claus’ office looks like?

“Oh, sure”, she answered. There came a point in time when he was ready to retire and he asked me if I would like to take over. He saw me and whispered, “Is Leon asleep”?

I tentatively invited myself into your world when I approached you with the idea of collecting memories of Dad’s family. Later that Christmas Eve night, we heard the door to my daughter’s room open and then heard the thuds of her feet moving deliberately toward the stairs. You always made some comment about some little quality about “me” you had noticed. And, as you’ve probably heard on the radio at least 15 times in the past month, Santa Claus is comin’ to town.

The Santa Commanders have also allocated Santa the call sign of “SLEIGHRIDER 1” and issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) to warn all other aircraft flying on Christmas Eve-one of the busiest nights of the year-to keep clear of Santa on his present-delivering mission. I said what do you mean?

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Knott said, “Our military satellites, our radars, our fighter jets, and then on December 24th we add in our special Santa cameras that capture images as he’s passing special places like the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben in London, England”. I have all my elves on the shelf and they give me reports.

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