Santa Claus is coming to town on Saturday, and parents and children can keep track of his progress by logging on to the North American Aerospace Defense Commands dedicated NORADSanta.org website.
From 2:01 a.m. EST, videos will show Kris Kringle preparing for his busiest night of the year. Once he takes to the skies in his sleigh, NORADs Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , Google Plus and YouTube accounts will document his route, as will the various NORAD Tracks Santa apps, Windows Phones Cortana and OnStar.
From 6 a.m. EST, hundreds of volunteer operators at NORADs Peterson Air Force Base HQ in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will also reveal Santas location to curious callers by answering a toll-free 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) number and replying to emails sent to noradtrackssanta@outlook.com.
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Its the 61st year in a row that children have been able to call up the center, whose principal mission is monitoring air threats against the U.S. and Canada, in order to check on Santas progress.
And the number of youngsters calling is still growing. Last year was a good year for us , command spokesman Preston Schlachter told the Colorado Springs Gazette. We had more than 141,000 phone calls.
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NORAD Santa (@NoradSanta) December 18, 2016
According to NORAD, the tradition began in 1955 when a business misprinted the telephone number advertising a Santa hotline and instead directed kids to the agencys predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center.
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Rather than just ring off, however, good-natured staffers ended up taking the calls and the festive custom has continued ever since.
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