NORAD Tracks Santa Website [View all]

[erpowers]

Last edited Mon Dec 21, 2015, 05:14 PM - Edit history (1)

I realize some will have a problem with the militarization of Christmas, but I think NORAD's Santa Tracker website is pretty cool. The official story of how NORAD came to track Santa is funny, sweat, and surprising. According to NORAD, Sears Roebuck & Company ran an ad telling kids if they called the number in the ad they could talk to Santa. The number in the ad was misprinted and when kids tried to call Santa they were directed to the office of Colonel Harry Shoup, the then director of operations of CONAD, the predecessor of NORAD. Shoup instructed his staff to track the whereabouts of Santa and kids who called the line were given updates about Santa's location.

For years I have known NORAD tracked Santa on Christmas Eve, but I did not realize they had a website. I also did not know how they started tracking Santa.

http://www.noradsanta.org/?FORM=MT0004&OCID=MT0004&utm_source=Win10%20In%20Product&utm_medium=Win10%20In%20Product&utm_content=See%20him%20now&utm_campaign=NORAD%20on%20w10%20LockScreen