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noradsanta.org
 noradsanta.org ... Santa. The tradition began after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. store advertisement for children to call Santa on a special "hotline" included an inadvertently misprinted telephone number. Instead of Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The Director of Operations, Colonel Harry Shoup, received the first "Santa" call on Christmas Eve 1955. Realizing what had happened, Colonel Shoup had his staff check radar data to see if there was any indication of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Indeed there were signs of Santa and children who called were given an update on Santa's position. Thus, the tradition was born. In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States decided to create a bi-national air defense command for the North American continent called the North American Air Defense Command. Canada and the U.S. believed they could better defend North America together as a team instead of separately. The Command carried out its first Santa tracking in 1958 after inheriting the tradition from CONAD. Since that time, Canadian and American men and women who work at NORAD have responded to phone calls from children personally. Additionally, media from all over the world call NORAD on Christmas Eve for updates on Santa's location. Last year this Website was visited by millions of people who wanted to know Santa's whereabouts. This year, the information is provided in six languages. NORAD relies on many volunteers to help make Santa tracking possible. Many people at Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base spend part of their Christmas Eve with their families and friends at NORAD's Santa Tracking Operations Center in order to answer phones and provide Santa updates to the many thousands of children who call in.Newest Review: ... features a red and green gift on locations he has already visited. Every hour, a CGI rendered computer animation is presented for capital cities such as London and shows the big guy on his travels and in action. These video clips are accessible by simply clicking on a red and green video icon which loads a small YouTube video player. In 2009, these video clips have been combined with a Google ... more ... satellite view which shows the sleigh flying over actual houses and buildings around the world.
Usability of this website is high and the domain offers numerous language translations for non-English speakers. Immediately upon selecting a language, u...more |
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noradsanta.org (518 words)
by - written on 24/12/09 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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"noradsanta.org" is a Christmas based website. The website was first launched in 1998 and has been a regularly accessed festive online destination. Alexa traffic research reports that it is the 22042nd most accessed website in the world. It receives 51.5% of its users from computers based in the United States. The United Kingdom provides 13.4% of its user share. What started as a printing error in Colorado has grown into an Internet phenomenon for children. "NORAD Tracks Santa" offers children around the world a location and status update on Father Christmas as he delivers toys to girls and boys. The updates are currently represented ... Read the complete review
Great fun for Christmas Eve! (940 words)
by - written on 05/12/09 (Very useful, 555 readings)
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NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and it's predecessor CONAD (Continental Air Defense Command) have been tracking Santa for more than 50 years now. This is where the noradsanta.org website comes in, because now you too can track the big man in a red suit online! So why would an important defence unit such as NORAD take time to track Santa (a.k.a Father Christmas!)? Well, back in 1955 Sears Roebuck & Co. produced an advert which told kids they could phone & speak to Santa. However, they misprinted the telephone number, so when kids phoned Santa they reached theCONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline " instead of Santa! ... Read the complete review
noradsanta.org: This Ain't No Sanity Clause (1216 words)
by - written on 13/12/06 (Very useful, 3955 readings)
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***Introduction*** In approximately 10 days 15 hours 46 minutes and 9 seconds, Santa Clause will be launching his 2006 round of deliveries to the world. Well, that was at the time of writing and will now be less and counting. As millions of us around the Globe start to get excited about what the big man in the red suit and the white beard will finally bring, one way of finding out a bit more on Christmas eve is via http://www.noradsanta.org. I stumbled upon this a few years ago when doing Google searches for various versions of “Father Christmas” and “Santa Clause” to see what was out there for my kids other than the customary e-mail facility to the North Pole. On ... Read the complete review
WOW! Follow Santa on his journey! (1700 words)
by - written on 15/12/05 (Very useful, 29495 readings)
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***** IT'S LIVE NOW ! Come on folks, join in the tracking fun. ***** The NORADSANTA Home page shows the latest video of Santa as he makes his way around the world dropping off presents. If you don't know what I mean then read on.............. Track the path of Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve journey around the world. This site is a MUST for anyone with children or if you have even the slightest bit of festive spirit. Ho Ho Ho There he goes! Noradsanta was created by NORAD. Yes ok, but who are NORAD. Are they some charity or kiddies toy manufacturer? No. They are The American Government's Air Defence Arm!!! To be precise the North ... Read the complete review
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