NORAD prepares for another year of tracking Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing for its traditional tracking of Santa Claus' sleigh on Christmas Eve.
NORAD has tracked the Dec. 24 flight since 1955, when a child accidentally called an operations center for an agency that predated the command, believing she was calling Santa Claus. The on-duty commander that night guaranteed the child Santa would have a safe journey from the North Pole and a tradition was established. The annual tracking carried over when the precursor agency became NORAD in 1959. Since 1997, the tracker has been available online.
This year, the command will launch its "NORAD Tracks Santa" website on Dec. 1. The site will feature a holiday countdown, games and movies, holiday music, and more in "Santa's North Pole Village." There will also be a downloadable app for cell phones and other devices.
