Every year NORAD --- the bi-national U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of the United States and Canada----tracks Santa's progress on Christmas eve and you can watch it at their website : NORAD TRACKS SANTA.
"For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.... media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide updates on Santa’s journey."
Harry Shoup sure had the Christmas spirit!!--my hat is off to him! the folks at NORAD who continue this tradition. May they have a very Merry Christmas and may Santa bring them whatever they want....
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