US President Joe Biden and First Lady join NORAD in tracking Santa’s whereabouts, bringing joy to children worldwide
This Christmas, a joint US-Canadian military surveillance organization carried out its long-standing custom of tracking Santa’s location to assist kids worldwide in determining when his present-filled, reindeer-powered sleigh would be arriving in their community.
At www.noradsanta.org, a 3-D interactive map with interactive elements depicted Santa Claus and his reindeer on a fictitious path throughout the world, with interactive elements that let visitors click and discover more about the towns they passed.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Santa Tracker originated in 1955 when a Colorado newspaper ad included a phone number for kids to get in touch with Santa, but it accidentally led them to the military nerve center’s hotline.
Colonel Harry Shoup, the NORAD director of operations at the time, gave his team the order to check the radar for any updates on Old Saint Nick’s whereabouts so as not to disappoint the young ones.
When not wishing good cheer to everyone, NORAD carries out control and warning operations for the aerospace and marine industries. One of its responsibilities is keeping an eye out for missile launches from North Korea, which may have been on Santa’s mind this year because the most recent ICBM test was only a few days ago.
Sixty-eight years later, NORAD was still carrying out its longstanding practice of operating a makeshift contact center from its Colorado headquarters to address the urgent inquiries of young people.
The organization shared a picture of themselves on Facebook, showing rows of individuals answering phones—some wearing red Santa hats, some in uniform.
Leading American officials, including President Joe Biden and his spouse, Jill Biden, participated in the festivities.
The tracker briefly lost signal earlier on Sunday, keeping kids in the Pacific area in the dark about his precise whereabouts.
Greetings, #SantaTrackers! #Santa is still flying, even though our tracking map is experiencing a few technical issues! The organization that maintains the tracker said on Facebook, “He is going to Fiji next,” and then, an hour later, they announced a repair.
According to NORAD, Father Christmas started his tour with an incredible first stop: the International Space Station circling Earth.
In addition, the reindeer-drawn sleigh was observed flying over southern Gaza, circling Africa, and traveling south to Palmer Station, an Antarctic research station.
After that, Santa traveled up through South America on his way to the United States, delivering almost 100,000 gifts per second.
Before continuing their voyage throughout the remainder of the country, Kris Kringle and his reindeer were sighted entering US airspace near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at around 10:00 p.m. local time (0300 GMT). To date, they have given approximately 5.5 billion gifts globally.
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