NORAD Santa Tracker

The NORAD Santa Tracker is gearing up right now! The resource, which tells kids where in the world Santa Claus is at that second, has been going strong since 1955 and now there are even more ways to access the program. The NORAD Santa Tracker offices (via CSMonitor.com) This year, you can call, email, and even check out Mr. Claus' progress on an iPhone app! NORAD's Santa updates are also on Facebook, Twitter,  YouTube , its own website and on television! Santa is definitely into the social...Read Full Story

KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press DENVER Santa's piling up more than presents this year. The big man's trackers at NORAD say Santa Claus is also breaking records this Christmas Eve. Volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado were fielding 4,000 calls an hour Saturday morning, on pace to break a record. Also, Santa's NORAD Facebook page exceeded 840,000 "likes" by midmorning. Last year, Santa had 716,000 "likes." Volunteers at NORAD Tracks...Read Full Story

KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press DENVER Santa Claus set records Christmas Eve he raced across the globe on his on his traditional holiday mission. Santa tracking volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado said they fielded about 102,000 telephone queries beginning early Saturday on his progress, breaking the previous mark of 80,000. And his NORAD Facebook page recorded about 999,000 "likes," compared with 716,000 a year ago. Twitter...Read Full Story

The volunteer Santa trackers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command are bracing for tens of thousands of calls and emails when their operations center goes live on Christmas Eve. Related stories How much do you know about Christmas? A quiz Christmas craze fills Chinese malls, if not its churches In Germany, postal elves reply to Christmas letters with messages of joy, hope Topics Technology Software Mobile Software Computer Technology Apps The military base has been telling...Read Full Story

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or, well, don’t ever go online or watch the news), you probably know about how NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command — don’t ask, we know it doesn’t match). But I’ll bet you had no idea how or why NORAD started tracking the insanely improbable gift-giving route of our favorite jolly old elf, Santa Claus. Well, it all started with a Sears advertisement and a total misunderstanding. Back in 1955, NORAD didn’t even exist. It was formerly...Read Full Story