Tracking Santa Claus this Christmas Eve

The Santa tracking app will be up on the Spin Control website through Christmas Eve.

Some kids will have their call answered by a special guest, First Lady Michelle Obama, who volunteers every year as part of NORAD’s Santa Tracker.

American and Canadian military personnel and their helpers are gearing up for the annual Christmas mission to track Father Christmas, or rather Santa Claus, as he makes his deliveries on Christmas Eve.

That is where the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, comes in. It all started in 1955 when a local media advertisement directed children to call Santa direct – only the number was misprinted.

However, the number was printed incorrectly in the paper, which led to the girl calling the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center.

“We’re so happy this is the 60th year we are able to track Santa and we’re his official tracker”.

Santa tracking has come a long way. Here’s what they said: “NORAD intelligence reports indicate that Santa does not experience time the way we do”. Children and parents can call the NORAD operations floor at 1-877-446-6723 for live updates on Santa or track Santa on the web at www.noradsanta.org.

More children called. Shoop eventually instructed airmen answering the phone to offer Santa’s radar location as he crossed the globe.

One of the best things about Christmas Eve is that you can start watching this movie and not stop until basically Christmas Day is all in the books. It now includes mobile phone tracking, and much, much more!

NORAD said its pilots have intercepted Santa many times. Rudolph’s bright red nose gives off an infrared signature, which allows NORAD satellites to detect the location of Santa’s sleigh.

If you are an enthusiast, looking forward to the goodies that you’ve wished Santa to deliver, technology can make your wait seem not so arduous.

Volunteers in Colorado will take phone calls to keep people updated, but Chouinard says callers won’t talk directly to Santa.