Track Santa as Norad follows him around the globe in 2015

EADS is a unit of NORAD. EADS “will do everything in its power to assist Santa with his critical mission”, he added. Since that first year, NORAD staff and friends have volunteered their time every Christmas to respond to phone calls from children around the world asking about Santa’s whereabouts at Christmastime.

The tradition got its start in 1955. Rather than hanging up and explaining they had reached the wrong station, he and his operators found the location of Santa Claus and reported it to every child who called in that night.

North American Aerospace Defense Command shows Santa is still at the North Pole, but it’s not long before he takes off. Pierre-David Boivin from 3 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Que., will accompany Santa on his eastern journey while Cold Lake, Alta., pilots Lieut.-Col.

Miles of wire, dozens of computers and 157 telephone lines will greet hundreds of volunteers Thursday.

And when you put out some milk and cookies for Santa tonight, make sure to leave Rudolph and the other reindeer some carrot stick – they are bound to be exhausted by the time they get to Canada.

Past year set a new record with 134,970 calls from all corners of the globe during a single 23-hour period.

Google is also tracking Santa Claus with its own Advent Calendar-style countdown and tracker, also available on Google Play. “Really, in November, that’s when it all starts in a big way”.

“When Christmas came around I [thought] what can we do to not only bring awareness to what we’re offering here, but also a way to give back from the kids’ level”.

How did the Command begin tracking Santa’s location?

Thousands of volunteers are staffing phone banks, answering emails and programming the NORAD website.

We especially want to hear from the little ones as we hear that Santa’s predicting a record number of Irish children on the “nice list” this year. “The great thing about having Canadian forces here is they can speak in French”, Canadian Maj.

She was simply following the directions of a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co advertisement in the local newspaper that stated “Hey, Kiddies!”