US EditionSanta Tracker 2025: Follow His Christmas Eve Trip Using NORAD, Google
NORAD and Google provide real-time tracking of Santa's journey, a tradition since 1955 that engages millions globally on Christmas Eve.
- On Christmas Eve this year, Santa Claus has begun his globe-spanning journey, with North American Aerospace Defense Command and Google Santa Tracker launching live trackers.
- The tradition started when a child misdialed, prompting Colonel Harry Shoup at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center to instruct staff to check radar for Santa, later taken on by NORAD.
- People can follow Santa using NORAD's website and app, call 1-877-HI-NORAD, or visit Google's santatracker.google.com to track his route from the International Date Line through multiple regions.
- Millions of people around the world are reported to be tracking Santa's trip in real time via the NORAD Live Tracker, while parents use the trackers to confirm children are asleep and children imagine Santa approaching.
- Google complements live tracking with festive games and interactive features while users worldwide open trackers on tablets and phones; the NORAD Santa Tracker remains the most famous option.
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Good Question: What does NORAD do besides track Santa?
This Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command continued its decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's path across the globe. The Santa Tracker has been a tradition since 1955, during the Cold War. But what does NORAD do besides tracking Santa?
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Check on Santa’s progress to west central Minnesota
What is NORAD? The North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, is a United States and Canada bi-national organization which defends the homeland through aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America. NORAD’s predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), began tracking Santa in 1955. NORAD replaced CONAD in 1958 and took over the mission of tracking Santa’s flight around the world, and they…
Track Santa En Route to LA with NORAD
Santa Claus was on his way to LA Wednesday, making his annual global trek to deliver toys and goodies on his reindeer-powered sleigh, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Claus is being tracked by radar, satellites and volunteers monitoring his progress at NORAD, the federal agency responsible for warning and defending North America against threats from the air and space, that has the capacity to track anything from aircraf…
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