Published Thursday, December 24, 2020 3:07PM EST WASHINGTON - Children of the world can rest easy. The global pandemic won t stop them from tracking Santa Claus progress as he delivers gifts around the globe on Christmas Eve. The North American Aerospace Defence Command has announced that NORAD will track Santa on Dec. 24, just as it has done for 65 years. But there will be some changes: Not every child will be able to get through to a volunteer at NORAD s call centre to check on Santa s whereabouts, as they have in years before. Normally, 150-160 volunteers crowd into a conference room at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, taking two-hour shifts to answer the phones as eager children call to see if Santa and his sleigh have reached their rooftops. All together, 1,500 people over 20 hours have participated in the call centre in the past, fielding more than 130,000 phone calls, beginning at 6 a.m. Eastern time on Christmas Eve.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children of the world can rest easy. The global pandemic won t stop them from tracking Santa Claus progress as he delivers gifts around the globe on Christmas
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Published Thursday, December 24, 2020
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, has begun tracking Santa Claus global flight from the north pole en route to deliver gifts to eager children in every country. Families can track the jolly elf s progress at www.noradsanta.org or by using the viewer above. The stream started in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve and runs through 4:00 a.m. Christmas day.
Website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. NORAD s Santa Cams will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. Santa trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa s whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) or by sending an email to noradtrackssanta@outlook.com.