Santa Claus is flying under the US Air Force's radar: billions of gifts are already known around the world
Kyiv • UNN
NORAD tracks Santa's journey on Christmas Eve, showing the billions of gifts delivered around the world through animation.
Every year, the North American Aerospace Defense of North America (NORAD) is once again on the trail of Santa Claus. Children and adults can follow his journey: the air force simulates the Santa Claus' flight route using colorful computer animation, and informs people about Santa's travel route on social media. It was reported by. UNN with reference to the US Air Force website.
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The Canadian and American military hold an annual game of to observe the flight of Santa Claus. Children all over the world can watch for the arrival of Santa Claus, by following his movements on a website or app.
On Christmas Eve in Europe and at early Sunday in the United States, the NORAD tracker showed that Santa had delivered billions of of gifts to countries around the world.
Santa's exact location and a real-time of gifts, updated in real time, can be found on the NORAD website.
For reference
The tradition began in 1955 when a child mistakenly called the Colorado military command asking to speak to Santa Claus after a local newspaper published an ad for a a department store with a misprinted phone number.
Air Force Commander Harry Shoup, who was manning the phones that quickly realized the mistake and assured the child that he was in fact Santa Claus.
As more calls came in that night, Commander Shoup assigned an officer on duty to continue answering the phone, starting a tradition that passed to Norad when it was formed in 1958.
Since then, every year, the agency that normally protects and and watches over the skies of North America, asks children about the intruder in the red and white chimney and its unrivaled delivery schedule.