Santa Claus is prepared for all weather when he shimmies down chimneys on Christmas Eve.
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According to Geoff Coulson, meteorologist with Environment Canada, the atmosphere over Northwestern Ontario looks clear for Santa’s reindeer to pull his sleigh through without any weather issues to slow them down.
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For 60 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. Thanks to the advent of the internet, it’s easier than ever to follow Santa on his rounds. You can blast a streaming Good King Wenceslas while exploring Santa’s village, which includes information about NORAD, Santa Claus, holiday traditions, related YouTube videos, holiday stories and coloring pages.
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The Jolly man in red has already visited children in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Kyrgyzstan, India, Afghanistan and Yemen, delivering over two billion gifts thus far. As with Google, you can load the NORAD Tracks Santa website on smartphones and tablets, too. “Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born”.
Mrs. Obama fielded calls from Hawaii to surprised children calling in to the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center.
Sears published an ad which urged kids they could call Santa, but they accidentally listed NORAD’s number.
As of this writing, NORAD expects Santa to make his Southern California rounds between 9 p.m. and midnight.
Volunteer Susan Murray – Elf Susie to callers – said some kids asked why she wasn’t out with Santa delivering. It originally started in 1955 when a newspaper offered a phone number for children to call and find out exactly where Santa was at that exact time.
Staff Sgt. Tom Silva and Staff Sgt. Rachael Alcorta practice Santa tracking at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome.
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Last year, NORAD took more than 134,000 calls over 23 hours. The agency’s defense support program satellites are capable of tracking even the most minute heat signature against the Earth’s background.
