Early on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus departed on his reindeer-drawn sleigh to deliver gifts all across the world.
At Colorado Springs' Peterson Space Force Base, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a combined US and Canadian military command, has been providing a comical report on Father Christmas for 69 years.Even if the federal government had shut down, which the US Congress narrowly avoided this past weekend, tracking would have continued.
"Any potential government actions would not affect his mission because Santa runs on the Christmas spirit," Royal Canadian Air Force Major Jennie Derenzis, a NORAD spokesperson, stated on Tuesday.
Derenzis went on to say that the majority of the volunteers who answer the phone lines for children as part of the tradition are civilians, and that military officials at the installation, which keeps an eye on air defenses and sends aerospace and marine warnings, would have been pleased to track Santa otherwise.
Santa Claus was traveling to Cayenne, French Guiana, at the time the article was published.
https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map is the photo source.
In 1955, a Colorado Springs newspaper ad welcomed kids to call and talk to Santa, which sparked the practice. But it unintentionally provided the number for the Continental Air Defense Command, the forerunner to NORAD.
When children called, an on-duty police reassured them that Santa, also known as Kris Kringle or St. Nick, was completing his rounds of gift-giving on time.
With the advancement of tracking technology for all kinds of vessels, the program also improved.
The cheerful old elf's followers can get real-time updates. The website offers Santa's North Pole Village, which is available in several languages and has an online store, games, a movie theater, seasonal music, and a countdown to the holidays.
In addition, NORAD Tracks Santa is accessible on Amazon Alexa, SiriusXM, OnStar, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X.
With the advancement of tracking technology for all kinds of vessels, the program also improved.
The cheerful old elf's followers can get real-time updates. The website offers Santa's North Pole Village, which is available in several languages and has an online store, games, a movie theater, seasonal music, and a countdown to the holidays.
In addition, NORAD Tracks Santa is accessible on Amazon Alexa, SiriusXM, OnStar, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X.
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