Santa tracker: Follow Santa across the world and spot him over Washington
Dec 24, 2012, 11:37 AM | Updated: 11:44 am
Every year we wait with bated breath for that jolly old soul to pop down the chimney on Christmas Eve, and set us up with a bevy of Christmas goodies.
Follow Santa with the Official NORAD Santa Tracker and spot him as he makes his trip over Washington.
Volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base monitoring maps showing Santa Claus’ progress are only about three hours into their goodwill mission but have already answered more than 7,000 phone calls from people asking about the jolly old elf.
Phones are ringing nonstop at Peterson Air Force Base, headquarters of the North American Aerospace Command’s annual Santa-tracking operation.
Dozens of helpers at NORAD are taking calls and tracking Santa’s location on large projection screens.
Volunteers also are posting updates for more than 1 million Facebook fans and 107,000 Twitter followers.
The maps show Santa is in Australia and heading west. The volunteers will keep updating through 3 a.m. Mountain Time on Christmas morning.
NORAD Tracks Santa began in 1955 when a newspaper ad listed the wrong phone number for kids to call Santa. They wound up calling the Continental Air Defense Command, NORAD’s predecessor, and a tradition was born.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
