Google will also have its own version of a Santa tracker that will go live on December 24. Similar to NORAD’s tracker, Google has a countdown timer to Christmas Eve and various games available t ...

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

“Why, it made the military look good — like we’re not all a bunch of snobs who don’t care about Santa Claus,” he said.Shoup died in 2009. His children told the StoryCorps podcast in 2014 ...

You zoom in just like you would on Google Maps — pinch in or use the buttons on the screen. Google's Santa Tracker offers ...

Norad’s Santa Tracker has brought holiday cheer to millions, transforming a Cold War-era mistake into a beloved Christmas ...

NORAD typically scans the heavens for potential threats. But on Christmas Eve, volunteers are fielding questions like, “When ...

However, there is also a separate Google Santa tracker featuring children's games. Norad says that Santa “does not experience time the way we do”. “His trip seems to take 24 hours to us but ...

Google also have their own Santa tracker, santatracker.google.com which shows exactly where in the world he is and how many presents he’s dropped off so far. Google says that during his ...

FILE - This image provided by NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command, responsible for monitoring and defending the skies above North America — shows NORAD's Santa Tracker ... the boy’s ...

This simple mistake set the stage for what would eventually become the high-tech NORAD Santa Tracker we know today. A misprinted phone number in 1955 sparked the creation of NORAD’s Santa tracker.( ...