{"id":18678,"date":"2017-12-24T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=18678"},"modified":"2017-12-21T12:10:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:10:50","slug":"wheres-santa-norad-google-can-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/12\/24\/wheres-santa-norad-google-can-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Where\u2019s Santa?? NORAD and Google can tell you!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to know where Santa Claus is RIGHT NOW? Track his whereabouts in real time<\/a> through North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"santa-norad\"\n

Wait, why does\u00a0NORAD track\u00a0Santa<\/a>?! In short, because of a TYPO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Santa\n

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…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\"\"\n

Google also tracks Santa<\/a>!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or, go old school, and CALL this number:\u00a01-877-HI-NORAD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a great Christmas Eve, everyone!!<\/strong><\/p>\n