Children all over the world are anxiously waiting for Santa Claus and his reindeer to arrive, and NORAD is helping them follow Santa’s route.
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With less than 24 hours to go before Christmas, NORAD’s Santa Tracker shows viewers exactly where Santa is at any given moment and how many gifts have been delivered. And since he’s a thoroughly modern Santa, you can also track his path through apps, at NORAD’s Facebook page or by emailing [email protected]. Fortunately, Santa Claus will be at it again this holiday season to deliver gifts throughout the world, and he isn’t asking for much in return. Windows phone users can ask Cortana for Santa’s location, and OnStar subscribers can press the button in their vehicle to get an update.
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“We’ve got all the heart that it takes and we believe”, Captain Miller said.
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According to Tech. Sgt. John Gordinier, an Alaska NORAD spokesman, a system of radar stations and satellites monitor all air traffic entering US and Canadian airspace.
Currently, in its fourth year of being launched, Google’s tracking site has been offering peeks at Santa all month with its own version of an Advent Calendar.
It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is well on his way with his global journey.
Also new this year, the website features the NORAD Headquarters in the North Pole Village, and highlights of the program over the past 60 years. Not wanting to crush the spirits of children, then-colonel Harry Shoup told his colleagues to play along and provide callers with Santa’s exact location.
“Next thing you know, dad had called the radio station and had said, ‘This is the commander at the Combat Alert Center, and we have an unidentified flying object”.
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Hundreds of volunteers using 157 telephone lines at Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base will answer calls from an estimated 125-thousand children around the globe looking for Santa’s whereabouts.
