“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 ...

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 ...

Here's what to know as the tracker mapped out Santa's journey. From his starting point at the North Pole, the map shows Santa headed south along the Pacific rim and then across Asia, Australia ...

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

From live updates and festive games to real-time locations, follow Santa’s global route. (NORAD via AP, File)(AP) The Santa tracker by NORAD went live on December 1, 2024. The tracker points to ...

The Santa tracker site receives millions of visitors from around the world each year, according to NORAD, and volunteers typically answer more than 130,000 calls.

Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File ...