NORAD tracks Santa

[WillsBabe]

Every year NORAD tracks Santa. Here is a link to their site so that you and the children in your life can track Santa around the world. It's a magical thing to do at this magical time of year.

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Right now, Santa is in Qom, Iran. His next stop is the ISS!

Happy Christmas.

 

[trampledamage]

My sister sent me a news article about this, this morning. I love the reason why the tracking started:

The tradition of tracking Father Christmas goes back to a misprint in a Colorado newspaper advertisement in 1955.

The hotline to Santa promised by the paper actually connected to what was known then as the Continental Air Defense Command (Conad).

As more phone calls came in, the commander on the other end of the phone started to pretend he was Santa and the tradition continued in 1958 when Conad became Norad.

BBC News article



Just looked at the NORAD site - they have links to videos that show Santa riding through the different places. I was just watching Santa flying over Auckland! Very cool. I shall have to remember to come back and watch the video for London - see if I recognise anywhere (and watch him drop coal at my sister's house )

 

[wamdue]

I didnt know Santa was made up of really poor computer graphics

 

[WillsBabe]

^ Bah! Humbug!

 

[1001001]

We have this up all day. My seven year old and I check in periodically.

Santa is over Latvia right now.

 

[Capn Flukie]

I hope they get 'em this year, stupid moving targets.

 

[Trekker4747]

It's interesting to me that when they do this they don't have Santa moving in any logical progression. Setting aside any magical ability, in logic Santa should start his trip sometime mid-day today and follow the rotation of the Earth around, doing so would give him a ful lday of Christmas Eve night-cover to work with.

 

[Jimmy Bob]

Santa also changes clothes when in other countries. This is how Santa looks like in Siberia.

 

[Marc]

Speaking of tracking Santa, that nutjob running Venezuela was complaining about Colombia drones flying over his country. The Colombians counted by saying it wasn't drones - it was Santa.

 

[trampledamage]

I want Santa here to wear that outfit - it is awesome! And looks warmer than the red suit too.

 

[Lookingglassman]

My worthless piece of crap computer wont load anything from the site. Maybe Santa will bring me a new computer tomorrow?

 

[Gertch]

The kids keep having me check the site. Their cousins came over and while here asked to check the site. It's cool they do this.