how do they track Santa?
This year, you’ll be able to explain. For more that 50 years, the American-Canadian air command responsible for safeguarding the continent against aerial attacks has utilized the NORAD tracking device to follow the journey of Santa Claus providing children with real-time updates on his precise location. NORAD began tracking Santa’s journey in 1955 when the organization was called the Continental Air Defense Command (CONRAD). The beginning of the story was a Sears-Roebuck ad in a newspaper that gave out Santa’s telephone number. Unfortunately, the number was misprinted and it rang CONRAD’s operations center. Instead of being a Scrooge, Col. Harry Shoup, who headed up the operation, told a child he’d check the radar. To this day, the tradition continues. Technology has become more sophisticated and Santa is still tracked. According to Wired, the North Warning System contains 47 radars positioned strategically throughout the northernmost portion of our continent to notify NORAD when Santa
