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Track Santa: NORAD's Global Tradition Expands Online!
12/20/2025
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- The NORAD Tracks Santa program, a tradition since 1955, lets people track Santa on Christmas Eve.
- Volunteers at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs take calls from 4 a.m. to midnight Mountain Standard Time.
- This year a new website enables international users to follow Santa in nine languages.
- NORAD uses radar and satellites to track Santa, including Rudolph's heat signature.
