{"id":11705,"date":"2015-12-24T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2015-12-24T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T19:03:29","slug":"where-is-santa-claus-norad-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/12\/24\/where-is-santa-claus-norad-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Santa Claus?! NORAD knows!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Why did NORAD start tracking Santa<\/a>? In short, because of a TYPO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n …a local newspaper ran a Sears Roebuck ad inviting kids to contact Santa.<\/p>\n \u201cHey Kiddies!\u201d the ad read. \u201cCall me on my private phone and I will talk to you personally any time day or night.\u201d The ad listed Santa\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2014barring the Pentagon, we assume\u2014Santa\u2019s current location as they \u201ctracked\u201d him on their radar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That was 1955!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n You can STILL track Santa’s whereabouts on Christmas Eve through NORAD…go HERE<\/a>!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>\n