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Santa prepares to deliver gifts: how to follow him online

Soon enough, Santa will be getting on his sleigh to deliver gifts to millions of children. And, as usual, you can watch him travel. Where to find Santa, the publication said Independent.

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Thanks to the NORAD website Santa Tracker kids (and adults too) can track Santa Claus's epic 510 million km of itinerary on Christmas Eve.

The rest of the year, NORAD - the North American Aerospace Defense Command - monitors the aerospace industry in the event of a nuclear attack, but during the holiday season their tracker can be accessed by anyone who wants to track their gifts.

On Christmas Eve click hereto watch Santa begin his journey from the North Pole just before 11:00 am GMT, before heading to his first stop in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.

After delivering the first shipment of gifts, he will travel on his sleigh to New Zealand and then to Australia, Asia and Africa, before arriving in the UK at midnight.

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He will then send his reindeer across the Atlantic to Canada, then to the United States and Mexico, and complete his spectacular journey in South America.

But how is NORAD keeping an eye on Santa so closely?

According to their website, “NORAD is scrutinizing radar for signs that Santa Claus has left the North Pole every holiday season. As soon as the radar tells us that Santa has taken off, we start using the same satellites that we use to warn from the air about possible missile launches aimed at North America. "

“Even though Santa actually flies faster than any fighter jet, he actually slows down so we can follow him. NORAD systems provide a very good continuous picture of his location,” NORAD wrote.

The NORAD Santa tracker has been in operation for 65 years and is believed to have appeared on Christmas Eve 1955 when Colonel Harry Shoop answered a call to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) in Colorado Springs.

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Much to his surprise, a small child called the top-secret line after reading a newspaper advertisement for "Santa's Toyland" from the Sears department store with the number CONAD, the predecessor of NORAD, misspelled.

Colonel Shup continued to receive several calls during the night from other children, all asking where Santa Claus was, so he and his fellow cameramen decided to let the children know exactly where Santa would be.

This is how the tradition of tracking Santa was born.

It's now the most popular way to follow his journey - the tracker is visited by more than nine million online visitors each year, and the organization relies on a small army of volunteers to run the tracker every night on Christmas Eve.

The website also has holiday games, Christmas music, and information on Santa's story to keep the kids entertained.

In addition, in 2004, Google launched its own Santa Trackerwhich also allows users to follow Santa. The site has interesting information about the number of gifts that Santa has already delivered, as well as the weather in the place where he is now, and how far Santa Claus is from your home.

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