NORAD has been tracking Santa on Christmas Eve, delighting kids worldwide. But this beloved tradition started by accident.

As it does every year, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, tracked Santa on his trip around the world on Christmas Eve so children and families could see where he was.

NORAD ‒ North American Aerospace Defense Command ‒ tracks Santa each Christmas Eve using a combination of radar, satellites ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command is once again ready to keep track of Santa‘s location on Christmas Eve. Although the agency spends the rest of the year looking for possible threats ...

Officers played along. Since then, NORAD Tracks Santa has gone global, receiving calls from around the world and posting updates on social media for millions of fans. NORAD also updates its ...

The tracker is also available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, NORAD said. Santa's tracker will begin Christmas Eve from 4 a.m. to midnight MST. Trackers worldwide can also call 1-877-HI ...

Perhaps the most popular Santa tracker is NORAD's. The aerospace defense command has tracked Saint Nick since 1955 when a little girl accidentally dialed the unlisted phone number of the ...

Santa is on his way around the world to deliver gifts, and once again you can track his progress throughout Christmas Eve.

NORAD also has an online tracker for children to watch Santa travel across the world in real-time. This year’s website launched on December 1, and it currently shows a village in the North Pole ...