EADS’ Battle Control Center (BCC) will monitor Santa constantly as he travels across the eastern US delivering toys and gifts. The ad told kids to call Santa at a number that turned out to be a secret hotline at the Continental Air Defense Command, the name for NORAD’s predecessor.
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It takes 1,500 volunteers to man the hundreds of thousands of phone calls and emails from children wondering when their presents will arrive.
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The commander on duty that day had staff provide callers with updates on Santa’s location and the tradition evolved into the NORAD Santa-tracking website. Here’s how you can track Santa’s 2015 journey.
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You can track Santa here or follow along tomorrow night as AL.com brings you NORAD’s live feed showing where Santa and his reindeer are.
For those, who do not wish to use Google’s website, the company is offering its Android app with Chromecast support so that you can watch Santa on the big screen.
Last year, NORAD took more than 134,000 calls over 23 hours.
In 1955, a Colorado Springs-based Sears, Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa.
NORAD has helped generations of children track the progress of Santa from the North Pole to North America, being careful to be in bed before he reaches their rooftop.
A tradition was born, and NORAD has opened up its phone lines for its annual Santa Tracker ever since.
“Rudolph’s nose gives off an infrared signature similar to a missile launch”.
First lady Michelle Obama was expected to volunteer, with calls forwarded to her on Christmas Eve.
NORAD’s 60th year of tracking Santa involves more than the military, with bilingual volunteers handling calls from Europe and beyond.
Tis the season to be tracking Santa!
NORAD spokesman Mike Kucharek said a squadron of fighter jets briefly escort Santa’s sleigh when he enters Canadian and US air space.
More children called. Shoup eventually instructed airmen answering the phone to offer Santa’s radar location as he crossed the globe.
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On the other hand, Microsoft released its own upgrade on Santa this year.
