How does the military track Santa’s flight?

On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa’s progress across the globe, helping anxious boys and girls know when they should be tucked away in bed.

NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight the day before Christmas for 60 years.

If you don’t want to download the app, you can pay a visit to NORAD’s Santa Tracker website.

First lady Michelle Obama is expected to answer some of those calls this year.

Miles of wire, dozens of computers and more than 150 telephone lines are in place to allow the American military to keep kids up to date with Santa’s sleigh ride around the world. The Santa Tracker – 2015 was recently updated on December 19 and offers features such as Find Santa on Map, Countdown to Christmas, A handsome Christmas tree, Stunning 3D graphics and also lovely background music.

Last year, NORAD Tracks Santa got 1.6 million Facebook likes.

NORAD began tracking Santa when a 1955 advert encouraged children to phone Santa – but gave the wrong number. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations.

“No. Santa is not there, ’cause he’ll be busy delivering presents across the world”, he says.

See NORAD’s Santa Tracker. The apps can be set to eight different languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese.

We will track Santa as he takes off from his North Pole workshop and heads out all around the world until he reaches New Jersey.

It’s a special year for the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Santa tracker and its partner since 2012, Microsoft. Microsoft’s Cortana will also answer questions about Santa’s position, as will the OnStar in-car navigation system. So when Santa enters North America, he gets a tip of the wing from a CF-18 aircraft flown by Canadian fighter pilots out of Newfoundland, NORAD officials have said.