Norad still tracking Santa's journey

Hello there map lovers!

Are you keeping track of Santa Claus as he makes his way towards Florida? If not you need to get on the Norad site quick, he's on his way and has already checked his list once ...

If you don't believe me, watch this video of the big guy arriving in Auckland, New Zealand. They already have their gifts, lucky Kiwis!



Keep going back to the Norad site here to see where he is. And don't forget to leave out some cookies and milk for Rudolph and the other reindeer.

Here's some information from the Norad website on why exactly they track Santa every year.

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born. To listen to Colonel Shoup talk about the experience, click here.
In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD. NORAD inherited the tradition of tracking Santa.
Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to Christmas Eve phone calls and emails from children. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Last year, millions of people who wanted to know Santa's whereabouts visited the NORAD Tracks Santa website.

Merry Christmas everybody!