Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa trackers still follow his journey
With the calendar turned to December, all eyes are focused on the sky waiting for the man in the red suit being pulled by his team of reindeer.
Santa Claus is coming to town. When the jolly elf finally starts his trek around the globe, children of all ages can watch Kris Kringle's trek.
Google and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will track Santa this year, offering up-to-the-minute information on Father Christmas' location on Christmas Eve.
How to use 'NORAD Tracks Santa'?
The North American Aerospace Defense Command operates the "NORAD Tracks Santa" Santa tracker, beginning Dec. 1. It can be found at noradsanta.org.
In years past, NORAD volunteers have also operated a phone line to help families track Santa.
NORAD has been offering Santa tracking services in some capacity since 1958.
How to use the Google Santa Tracker?
Google operates a Santa tracker at santatracker.google.com on Dec. 24 and 25.
Throughout December and the rest of the year, Google's Santa tracker website is full of online holiday games and educational activities for kids of a variety of ages.
Google has tracked Santa’s worldwide journey on Christmas Eve since 2004. They have calculated that Santa's Christmas Eve journey takes 25 hours. "He makes his first stop just after 10 p.m. local time in far eastern Russia, when it’s 5 a.m. in New York and 11 a.m. in Paris," Google says.
When will Santa be in Delaware?
According to NORAD, it's impossible to tell when Santa will be in an area or at your home. Only Santa knows his route. However, Santa arrives only when children are asleep. In most places, Santa arrives between 9 p.m. and Midnight on Dec. 24.
How can Santa travel the world in 24 hours?
Leave it to the folks at NORAD to figure out Santa's travel plans.
"NORAD intelligence reports indicate that Santa does not experience time the way we do. His trip seems to take 24 hours to us, but to Santa it might last days, weeks or even months. ... so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum," according to NORAD's website.
USA TODAY reporter Marina Pitofsky contributed to this report.
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