NORAD set to track Santa

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Colorado Springs, CO, United States (AHN) – Do not look for Santa Claus up in the sky, on the rooftop, or down the chimney. The best way to keep tabs on jolly old St. Nick and his team of reindeer is to call or log on to NORAD. NORAD, the Prime U. S. Canadian Air-Defense Team That diligence Gently tracks on the North American skies year round, spreads a bit of holiday fun every Christmas with its satellite tracking of Santa’s sleigh. For 56 years, NORAD Has Been Providing children with up-to-the minute Santa’s location and telemetry. Calls to 1-877-Hi-NORAD Will Be Answered by one or more than 1200 volunteers at the call center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. In 2010, the volunteers logged some 80,000 calls. Also families can track the big guy dressed in red at www. noradsanta. org. Last year, more than 15 million visitors logged onto the site. Online visitors can view the Also second-to-second countdown clock to track Santa. Also links to the site HAS holiday facts and North Pole featured games. New this year is the Track Santa app, available for smartphones, Google Maps for mobile at the noradsanta. org site. NORAD Santa tracking calls to the line have a leg holiday tradition since 1955. According To Legend, a local Sears store located in Colorado Springs ran an ad That Same year census children They Could call a number to hear where Santa was. But the number listed in the ad was one digit off and the red phone hotline rank at what the then-Continental Air Defense Command, and the tradition committed. Article? AHN – All Rights Reserved

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