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NORAD Tracking Santa Tonight…Again
“Oh, don’t worry, Santa knows where you are”, Nicole Dutil reassured one anxious young caller.
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It’s Christmas Eve and Santa Claus has already started delivering gifts to boys and girls across the globe.
These days, thanks to the help of modern technology, it has become that much easier to track Santa Claus and his reindeer. It’s tracking website had more than 21 million unique visitors from more than 230 countries.
60 years ago, a local Sears (SHLD) store in Colorado Springs ran a dial Santa ad. Except the number was a misprint.
Starting at 10 p.m. on December 23, children from all around the world can call a toll-free number, 877-446-6723 (877-Hi-NORAD).
Instead of reaching Santa, the phone rang through to the crew commander on duty at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center.
Children who called were given updates on Santa’s movements, and the tradition began. “Then, he realized there had been a mistake”. Thanks to Shoup’s adapt and overcome mentality, a new Christmas tradition was launched.
Tis the season to be tracking Santa!
The tracking of Santa pre-dates the Internet age, and NORAD itself – and was quite accidental.
“We have children that call in from England, from Germany, from Japan, from Canada”, Maj.
They can also send an email to [email protected].
“One of the things that my wife does is, she’s a [volunteer] translator”, Mooney said, “And she translates from Russian Federation and Ukraine”.
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This Christmas Google and Microsoft are giving kids a better way to wait for Santa’s arrival than looking at the clock. The personnel at Peterson Air Force base in the western USA state of Colorado are answering phone calls from kids across the world with the latest information on Santa’s location on his journey and an estimate of when he will arrive in their town.