Gen. Case Cunningham explained that NORAD radars in Alaska and Canada —- known as the northern warning system — are the first to detect Santa. He leaves the North Pole and typically heads for ...

This year’s website launched on December 1, and it currently shows a village in the North Pole and ... and various games available to play before Santa’s map goes live. NORAD’s website ...

Santa Claus made his annual Christmas Eve journey from the North Pole to households around the world and, in keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD ...

Volunteers with NORAD field questions like, “When is Santa coming to my house?” and “Am I on the naughty or nice list?” ...

Follow Santa Claus as he delivers Christmas gifts on global journey - He’s made his list, he’s checked it twice – join us on Father Christmas’s journey around the world ...

incorporating modern technology with interactive features and games for an engaging holiday experience. This festive tradition that began in 2004 builds on NORAD's long-standing Santa tracking ...

On any other night, NORAD is scanning ... plexiglass map of North America to track unidentified objects. A staff member jokingly drew Santa and his sleigh over the North Pole.

NORAD began to track Santa Claus in 1955, following an accidental phone call made to the agency by a young boy interested in in speaking with Kris Kringle.