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Website
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"This is the 50th Anniversary that NORAD and its predecessor,
the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa.
The tradition began after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co.
store advertisement for children to call Santa on a special "hotline" included
an inadvertently misprinted telephone number. Instead of Santa,
the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's
operations "hotline." The Director of Operations,
Colonel Harry Shoup, received the first "Santa" call
on Christmas Eve 1955. Realizing what had happened, Colonel Shoup
had his staff check radar data to see if there was any indication
of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Indeed there
were signs of Santa and children who called were given an update
on Santa's position. Thus, the tradition was born".
Last year this Website was visited by millions of people who wanted to know Santa's
whereabouts. This year, the information is provided in six languages. So for
children who want to know when Father Christmas will be visiting them - why not
visit the NORAD Tracks Santa 2005 website to find out! |
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