Both services go live Thursday to track Santa’s progress, because, obviously, he and the reindeer will be working through the night to deliver presents to the boys and girls of the world. But if you want to know exactly where Saint Nick is on his long Christmas quest, all you have to do is check the radar.
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Regardless of its origins, NORAD Tracks Santa grew from there into something that kids have looked forward to for generations. Instead of listing the number for Sears’ Santa hotline, it posted the number for the Continental Air Defense Command center.
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On Christmas Eve, 1955, Colonel Harry Shoup began receiving calls from kids asking to speak with Santa Claus. Google’s Santa Tracker is a more colorful cartoon representation while NORAD shows a more life-like avatar of Santa with his reindeer galloping in the sky.
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Last year, NORAD received more than 134,000 phone calls and answered over 6,500 emails. Volunteers also shared Santa’s location on Facebook and Twitter.
Starting at 12:01 a.m. MST (2:01 a.m. EST) on December 24, website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight.
So for decades they’ve depended on the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, to keep eyes on him.
Luckily, Santa is good at keeping in touch with NORAD, Gordinier said.
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. AT&T eventually spun off Nortel, which later spun off Avaya – the company that now helps manage NORAD’s insane call volume on Christmas Eve.
The website works just fine on smartphones and tablets, too, but there’s also an Android app with bonus Christmas games, if you need some extra holiday cheer.
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“Lots of time you’ll see little children sleeping near the tree, trying to catch a glimpse of me when I come down the chimney, so I’m very quiet to not wake them up because that would not be right”, said Santa.
