Where is Santa right now? Find out here with the live 2020 NORAD Santa tracker map.
Updated Dec 25, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Volunteers staff their stations at the 2019 NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Dec 24, 2019. The 2020 NORAD Santa tracker will be up and running at 6 a.m. on Christmas Eve.Tech. Sgt. Jeff Fitzmorris | NORAD Tracks Santa
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It’s Christmas Eve and Santa Claus is on the move! And if you’re wondering where Santa is right now, well, NORAD once again has you covered.
For 65 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command – which normally tracks aircraft, missiles and space vehicles for the U.S. and Canada – switches gears to instead keep tabs on the jolly old elf with the NORAD Tracks Santa program.
Follow his journey as NORAD Tracks Santa
From Staff Reports
Dec 24, 2020
A global pandemic can’t stop Santa Claus! The jolly old elf and his reindeer are planning their seasonal trip around the world, and you can join them on their journey as North American Aerospace Defense Command Tracks Santa at noradsanta.org.
NORAD tracks Santaâs trip from the North Pole as he travels around the world on Christmas Eve. The tracker is available in several languages and a mobile app can be downloaded for follow Santaâs flight from anywhere.
As children anxiously await Santaâs visit, the website displays a Santa Tracker Countdown and holiday music.
If you’ve organised the usual holiday cheer for the night before Christmas – from leaving Santa’s mince pies out to hanging the stockings – and you still find yourself casting about for memory-making activities to introduce to the kids, then check out these ideas:
The Icelandic book flood
Between the snow and the reindeer Scandinavians don’t have to work very hard to make things Christmassy, but one thing they do make an effort with is Christmas Eve traditions. Known as Jólabókaflóð, or the Yule Book Flood, this is the festive period when Iceland’s book publishers release the majority of their titles. Family and friends then gift their favourite tomes to each other on Christmas Eve, then everyone proceeds to bed to read them with a hot chocolate. How cosy is that? Gift your kids a book they’ll love and read it together. The idea works particularly well as it creates an activity to pass the high-excitement time between getting ready for bed and waking up on Christm
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Volunteers answer phones during annual NORAD Tracks Santa event on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. NTS will have more 1,500 volunteers answering 150,000 phone calls, 2,800 emails and 3,000 on-star requests from children around the world asking where Santa is at and when he will arrive at their house.
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As if Santa Claus job isn t challenging enough, this Christmas St. Nick has the added pressure of bringing joy to the world s children during a time in which joy is sorely lacking due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perhaps not since the year Rudolph went down in history as saving the day during a huge storm has Santa s mission been more crucial.