Santa Claus gives special Christmas message

Kailey Caizza, 7, guessed that Santa could go 400 miles per hour.

For the fourth consecutive year, Google and Microsoft are giving a helping hand in tracking Santa’s sleigh.

“Once you get it in your blood, you just love it”, Rice said.

Santa said the longest he had ever grown his beard was a bit below mid-chest, which would be roughly two feet long. After it captures images of Santa and his reindeer, NORAD volunteers immediately download the pictures onto NORADSanta.org for people to see!

U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) released a statement today commemorating the 60th year of NORAD Tracks Santa, the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s yearly tradition of tracking the movements of Santa Claus as he traverses the globe on Christmas Eve.

It’s a tradition that began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck and Co. newspaper advertisement.

The Eastern Air Defense Sector is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) headquarters unit located at Griffiss Business and Technology Park in Rome.

Check out Google’s Santa tracker here.

The earliest signs of the Santa Claus of Christmas present can be traced back to St. Nicholas, the beloved religious figure who traveled Turkey in the third century to help the poor and, as part of his efforts, left children secret gifts to brighten their days.

Mother laid the big book of “The Night Before Christmas” on the end of my bed.

Mrs. Claus: Santa and I have a very big house because all of the elves live with us.

There are innumerable smartphone apps that will create a “Santa” call to your favorite kid.

I was born on May 24th 1924, and I find as I have done for a number of years that I don’t need to ask you for anything in particular.

Have you always wondered what Santa’s favourite snack is? I think that speaks good to our human nature.

Many years ago when I first started school some of the kids told me there was no Santa Claus. If they load up the NORAD website using the Microsoft Edge browser, they can also use their computer to color in a maze, Christmas tree, and other holiday-themed drawings – a great way to keep alert while staying up late to catch you-know-who sliding down the chimney. His favourite cookie is a soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie. They’re getting ready to track the Man in Red as he crosses over the horizon, piloting eight tiny reindeer (nine, if it’s a foggy Christmas eve).

And the next morning, “it’s all gone”, Kailey said. The program also is sponsored by corporate contributors so that taxpayer dollars aren’t spent on the program. Africa and Europe are next, followed by North America and South America.

NORAD provides updates by phone, Facebook, Twitter and email.