NORAD’s Santa tracker is a Christmas tradition that’s become nearly global in scope. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.
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Col. Harold Shoup, “realized they would start getting more phone calls.” Rather than correct the boy, Shoup ordered his men, usually tasked with monitoring for possible foreign attacks, to track down Santa and report his whereabouts to the callers. ...
Tracking Santa has been a tradition since 1955 when a local newspaper advertisement informed children they could call Santa directly – only the contact number was misprinted. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone rang through to the crew commander on duty, U.S. Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, a...
December 1955, a Sears department store ad in the local newspaper listed a phone number and encouraged children to call Santa. The ad read, “Call me on my private phone and I will talk to you personally any time day or night, or come in and visit me at Sears Toyland. – Santa ...
How to Track Santa Hotline: Call 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) starting at 6 a.m. EST on December 24. Save the number on your Verizon phone as “NORAD Call Center” for quick access. Online: Visitwww.noradsanta.orgfor live updates, games, and interactive features, or check NORAD...
When the phone started ringing, Colonel Harry Shoup, then director of operations, had his staff use CONAD’s network of powerful radar installations to track, and report on, Santa’s progress to children calling the number. Every year the tradition continued, with military staffers answering phon...
MST (6:00 a.m. EST), trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator about Santa’s locations by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) or by sending an e-mail to noradtrackssanta@outlook.com. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will also stream videos as ...
Google has been supporting NORAD to track Santa Claus since 2007, but this year NORAD chose Bing instead. In its customary effort to crush competition, Google launched its own Santa Tracker.
Christmas 1955, Sears & Roebuck Co. published an advertisement near Colorado Springs, inviting children to call Santa Claus. Due to a misprint of the phone number, hundreds of kids were instead connected with NORAD's Commander-in-Chief's operations hotline. Rather than dispelling the magic, NOR...