NORAD tracks Santa in Christmas Eve tradition
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, tracks Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world each year.
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NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, tracks Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world each year.
U.S. Air Force and Space Force teams handle thousands of calls on Christmas Eve from children seeking an update on Santa's travels around the world. CBS News has this report on the NORAD Santa Tracker.
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As it does every year, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, tracked Santa on his trip around the world on Christmas Eve so children and families could see where he was.
NORAD first started tracking Santa in 1955. This is what it looks like behind the scenes.
NORAD has tracked Santa Claus' Christmas Eve journey around the world since 1955.
NORAD's official Santa tracker allows families to follow Santa Claus on his journey this Christmas Eve.
Santa Claus has left the North Pole and is on his journey around the world and to metro Detroit.
Volunteers at NORAD are once again tracking Santa Claus on his journey around the world, and providing updates on a number of platforms.
Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on Christmas Eve ask the usual questions: "Where's Santa, and when will he get here?"
This year, you'll be able to track Santa's journey online, by phone and in your own car.
Where's Santa? The folks in the OnStar network operations center in downtown Detroit will tell you Christmas Eve.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa's yuletide journey!
For the third straight year, General Motors' OnStar in-vehicle information service is offering a special additional service on Christmas Eve -- tracking Santa Claus.
Santa's helpers worked hard to get gifts ready for delivery to good boys and girls throughout the world. Click here to track Santa.
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