NORAD Ready to Track Santa
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Santa's trip has started!! He's currently in New Zealand. (Wes & Hale, hope you boys are asleep, he'll be at your place soon!)
Definitely a big jump in technology for the site this year, using Google Earth. The kids are going to really love it this year! (yep, me being one of them ;D)
Definitely a big jump in technology for the site this year, using Google Earth. The kids are going to really love it this year! (yep, me being one of them ;D)
Timmy!
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Now in Mother Russia...
He even gives gifts to those Commies!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwTeFlDv5oI&feature=PlayList&p=26B9B2ACB4AAC849&index=4
Shame on you Santa! My Flak 88 battery is waiting for you. I dare you!
He even gives gifts to those Commies!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwTeFlDv5oI&feature=PlayList&p=26B9B2ACB4AAC849&index=4
Shame on you Santa! My Flak 88 battery is waiting for you. I dare you!
NL_engineer
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Knecht Ruprecht said:
Why not just light the fire ;D
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For those of you with young children, forget NORAD:
If it's a clear night, take your kids out and look up at the moon. At about 11 o'clock from the moon, at about 9 moon widths is a very prominent red "star" (It's actually Mars). My younger daughter thought it was Rudolph's nose. With the clouds scudding by, it looked like it was moving towards us. She actually screamed out "I SEE SANTA!" and ran to warn off her sister (the non-believing 11 year old who is going on 22). So, with sugar plums in her head, she's sleeping away as I prepare to do Santa's work. God, I love this night!
If it's a clear night, take your kids out and look up at the moon. At about 11 o'clock from the moon, at about 9 moon widths is a very prominent red "star" (It's actually Mars). My younger daughter thought it was Rudolph's nose. With the clouds scudding by, it looked like it was moving towards us. She actually screamed out "I SEE SANTA!" and ran to warn off her sister (the non-believing 11 year old who is going on 22). So, with sugar plums in her head, she's sleeping away as I prepare to do Santa's work. God, I love this night!
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Update from Southern Ontario 
Santa just officially left my house for the little one. We made sure, his belly was full of cookies.. and also a nice glass of choco milk. I just wish he had more gift bags, under the front seat of his sled... he should know by now I'm not overly fond of wrapping paper, ah well maybe next year!
And no, we didn't forget the carrots for the Reindeer.
Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you. My thoughts and prayers are also with families that are away from thier loved ones at this time of year, and always. May our soldiers also be safe, no matter where they are.
~Rebecca
Santa just officially left my house for the little one. We made sure, his belly was full of cookies.. and also a nice glass of choco milk. I just wish he had more gift bags, under the front seat of his sled... he should know by now I'm not overly fond of wrapping paper, ah well maybe next year!
And no, we didn't forget the carrots for the Reindeer.
Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you. My thoughts and prayers are also with families that are away from thier loved ones at this time of year, and always. May our soldiers also be safe, no matter where they are.
~Rebecca
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It's that time of year again folks!! For all of you non-believers, check out the NORAD Tracks Santa site. (all of us believers have the site bookmarked already 
) And for those last minute shoppers, you can track Santa on your cell phone this year to make sure you're home in time!!
Happy Holidays everyone!!
) And for those last minute shoppers, you can track Santa on your cell phone this year to make sure you're home in time!!Happy Holidays everyone!!
Yrys
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US military incorporates web in traditional tracking of Santa
Children wanting to track Santa Claus's global journey on Christmas Eve
have a number of options this year.
As always, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) will be
keeping tabs on Santa and children can follow his progress on Google Earth.
In addition, they can send e-mails to the tracking team or even follow Santa
on Twitter.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a tradition that started by accident
in Colorado, in the US. Father Christmas's journey will start at 1100 GMT
and children worldwide can track his progress using Google Maps and Google
Earth.
He will pass 24 "Santa cams" around the world, providing live video feeds of
his progress, which will in turn be put onto Norad's YouTube channel as they happen.
For even more up-to-the-minute progress reports, Santa can be followed on the
Twitter microblogging service, on which he is known as @noradsanta.
And lastly, Norad volunteers can answer e-mails about Santa's journey
(the address is noradtrackssanta@gmail.com).
Newspaper misprint
Norad's 50-year tradition of tracking Father Christmas goes back to a misprint
in a Colorado newspaper advertisement in 1955.
A local child wanting to know Santa's whereabouts dialled the phone number printed,
which connected to the Continental Air Defense Command (Conad). As more mistaken
calls came in, the commander on the other end of the phone answered the queries and
the tradition continued in 1958 when Conad became Norad.
The effort spread to the internet in 1998 and in 2007 Norad's Santa tracking site saw
more than 10m visitors from 212 countries. Volunteers fielded nearly 95,000 phone
calls and 140,000 e-mails.
This year when Santa takes flight from the North Pole, more than 1,000 volunteers
will be on hand to help out.
Children wanting to track Santa Claus's global journey on Christmas Eve
have a number of options this year.
As always, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) will be
keeping tabs on Santa and children can follow his progress on Google Earth.
In addition, they can send e-mails to the tracking team or even follow Santa
on Twitter.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a tradition that started by accident
in Colorado, in the US. Father Christmas's journey will start at 1100 GMT
and children worldwide can track his progress using Google Maps and Google
Earth.
He will pass 24 "Santa cams" around the world, providing live video feeds of
his progress, which will in turn be put onto Norad's YouTube channel as they happen.
For even more up-to-the-minute progress reports, Santa can be followed on the
Twitter microblogging service, on which he is known as @noradsanta.
And lastly, Norad volunteers can answer e-mails about Santa's journey
(the address is noradtrackssanta@gmail.com).
Newspaper misprint
Norad's 50-year tradition of tracking Father Christmas goes back to a misprint
in a Colorado newspaper advertisement in 1955.
A local child wanting to know Santa's whereabouts dialled the phone number printed,
which connected to the Continental Air Defense Command (Conad). As more mistaken
calls came in, the commander on the other end of the phone answered the queries and
the tradition continued in 1958 when Conad became Norad.
The effort spread to the internet in 1998 and in 2007 Norad's Santa tracking site saw
more than 10m visitors from 212 countries. Volunteers fielded nearly 95,000 phone
calls and 140,000 e-mails.
This year when Santa takes flight from the North Pole, more than 1,000 volunteers
will be on hand to help out.
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Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa 2009
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
Santa's Escort Pilots
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/view-news-afficher-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=3223
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
Santa's Escort Pilots
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/view-news-afficher-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=3223
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And if you want to follow no more than 140 characters at a time:
http://twitter.com/noradsanta
http://twitter.com/noradsanta
