The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing for its traditional tracking of Santa Claus' sleigh on Christmas Eve. NORAD has tracked the Dec. 24 flight since 1955, when a child ...
But on Christmas Eve, it tackles perhaps its most important mission: tracking Santa Claus as he delivers presents around the world. Tracking Santa is something NORAD has done for decades.
"We are using a combination of satellites, radars, and fighter jets. Usually, it is the radars that pick up first when Santa Claus leaves the North Pole, and the satellites will pick up Rudolph's nose ...