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NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed program in which NORAD 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. The program starts on December 1, but the actual Santa-tracking simulation starts on midnight of December 23. It is a community outreach function of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and has been held annually since 1955.

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Images for kids

  • Why NORAD Tracks Santa

    The 1955 Sears ad with, according to legend, the misprinted telephone number that led to the NORAD Tracks Santa program

  • NORAD Tracks Santa 2007 Ops Center

    NORAD volunteers answering phone calls in 2007

  • First Lady Michelle Obama during NORAD Tracks Santa 2016 (31813982566)

    Former First Lady Michelle Obama reacts while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of NORAD Tracks Santa 2016.

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