SANTA Claus is coming to town – so you better start hanging those stockings and turning your trackers on.
Yes, ’tis the season to keep tabs on the festive fellow in a red suit (and his trusty reindeer), and there are plenty of tools to follow his exact movements.
You’ll see how long Santa has to deliver – and it’s not much!
How to track Santa this Christmas
It’s not easy covering 195 countries in such a short space of time.
You should be asleep when Santa eventually pays a Christmas visit – if you’ve been good of course.
But if you want to keep track of where he is at the moment, luckily the magic of technology is on hand to help.
There are a number of trackers keeping an eye on Santa’s every movement, so why not see where he is right now?
Google Santa Tracker Live
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Google runs an annual Santa tracker, making use of its Google Maps technology.
The tech giant first started it in 2004 and has improved it every year since.
You can either follow along on a computer by visiting santatracker.google.com or you can download the free app.
Google shows some cool details along the way, such as the route Santa has already taken and the number of presents he’s delivered.
You can also see his next stop and how long it’ll take him to reach you.
Norad Santa tracker
Watch Santa and his reindeers live
Norad – the North American Aerospace Defence Command – is also keeping tabs on Father Christmas.
They’ve been doing this for a long time, starting back in 1955.
Apparently it all began by accident, when a kid accidentally rang the unlisted phone number for CONAD (Norad’s predecessor) after seeing an ad in a newspaper telling children to ring Santa.
The boss at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, is said to have answered the phone and told staff to check the radar for signs of Santa making his way south from the North Pole.
And so it continued ever since.
A special website shows you exactly where Santa is as he whizzes across the world from country to country, at noradsanta.org.
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