NORAD Santa Tracker: 70 Years of Tracking Santa's Christmas Eve Journey
KHOU 11January 5, 20261 min260 views
5 connections·7 entities in this video→The NORAD Santa Tracker Tradition
- 🎅 NORAD prepares for its busiest night of the year, tracking Santa Claus's journey around the globe.
- 📞 The tradition began 70 years ago due to a misprinted phone number that sent a child's call to Santa to an Air Force command center.
How NORAD Tracks Santa
- 📡 Volunteers answer hundreds of thousands of calls and utilize radars, satellites, and airborne military aircraft to monitor Santa's movement.
- 📊 Last Christmas Eve, NORAD logged 380,000 calls, millions of social media engagements, and 32 million website views.
Expanding the Holiday Cheer
- 🌐 In recent years, the operation has expanded to include an online Santa tracker and website.
- 🌍 The website is available in nine languages, allowing more children worldwide to participate in the holiday cheer.
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