Want to know where Santa Claus is RIGHT NOW? Track his whereabouts in real time through North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka NORAD)!
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Wait, why does NORAD track Santa?! In short, because of a TYPO.
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…a local newspaper ran a Sears Roebuck ad inviting kids to contact Santa.
“Hey Kiddies!” the ad read. “Call me on my private phone and I will talk to you personally any time day or night.” The ad listed Santa’s direct line, but the number in the copy was off by a digit. Instead of connecting to the special line Sears set up with a Santa impersonator, kids wound up calling a secret air defense emergency number.
After a few more Santa-related calls, Shoup pulled a few airmen aside and gave them a special assignment. They would answer the phone and give callers—barring the Pentagon, we assume—Santa’s current location as they “tracked” him on their radar.
That was 1955!!
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Or, go old school, and CALL this number: 1-877-HI-NORAD
Have a great Christmas Eve, everyone!! Hope Santa is generous to you this year and you get everything you want!!