Dec 24, 2020
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2019, file photo monitors are illuminated in the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command has announced that NORAD will track Santa on December 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 NORADâs call center to check on Santaâs whereabouts, as they have in years before. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 65th anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey around the globe.
There are two Santa trackers to choose from - click for either Google or Norad
As he makes his way around the world Belfast City Council has made sure there ll be is no missing us. The dome at city hall will flash red to guide the big man on his approach.
He is expected to arrive around midnight.
The weather will be cold and brisk around Northern Ireland with some thick cloud that could hamper Santa s journey. In eastern regions there will be clear skies, although some frost.
Health Minister Robin Swann - who revealed he was also the Elf Minister said he had got reassurance from the chief elf that Christmas would be ok.
Santa Claus has arrived in the U.S. and is delivering presents across the country
He reached U.S. shores at around 10pm ET starting off in Florida and Georgia
As he flew into North American airspace, Santa was escorted by two Canadian CF-18s to help him along the way, according to NORAD s Santa Tracker
He will later be accompanied by F-15s, F-16s, and F-22s as he crosses the nation with help from the Secret Service
On reaching the U.S., Santa was seen flying over the National Mall in D.C. before zooming over the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building
‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition December 24, 2020 Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, traveling with Operation Santa Claus, alight from an HC-130J Combat King II with the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, after landing in St. Michael, Alaska, on Dec. 5, 2017. Operation Santa Claus is an Alaska National Guard annual community outreach program that provides Christmas gifts, books, backpacks filled with school supplies, fresh fruit and sundaes to youngsters in rural communities. (2nd Lt. Marisa Lindsay/Army National Guard) Col. Harry Shoup was sitting in his office in early December 1955 when the red phone on his desk rang.