Tracking Santa Around The World

Two smiling volunteers in flight suits and headsets at a Christmas-decorated NORAD Tracks Santa command center.
Volunteers in flight suits and headsets smile while participating in the NORAD Tracks Santa program, answering calls from children on Christmas Eve.

NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed program in which North American Aerospace Defense Command simulates the tracking of Santa Claus, who is said to leave the North Pole to travel around the world on his mission to deliver presents to children every year on Christmas Eve.

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