Tracking Santa Claus!

For more than 50 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has been tracking Santa Claus as he travels the world on Christmas Eve. The federal agency monitors the sky for natural and man-made threats, such as missiles, jets, spacecraft, comets and meteorites. But one night a year, NORAD uses their advanced technology to track Santa.

The tradition started in 1955 when a Denver area Sears store published an ad with a special Santa hot-line. But the phone number printed in the ad was wrong and rang the NORAD Commander-in-Chief's office. Colonel Harry Shoup told his staff to check the radar and sure enough, there was a blip showing Santa's location!

Over the years the Santa telephone hot-line was replaced by the Internet which now allows for real-time tracking of Santa's sleigh, no matter where he is.

In case you missed the link above, click here to track Santa.

Merry Christmas from ABC13 Eyewitness Weather!