Aboard his reindeer sleigh, has already begun to distribute gifts to the children who have behaved well this year, according to the tracking carried out this Sunday by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad). For 68 years, this military organization for air control of the United States and Canada has followed the footsteps of Santa Claus every Christmas Eve, who first visits New Zealand and Australia, where it gets dark earlier, and then continues through Asia, Africa and Europe to end in America.

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So that the little ones in the house can follow in real time Santa Claushe Norad enabled the website for another year with a map where you can see him jump from continent to continent.

The page, which is available in nine languages – English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean- It also indicates how many minutes are left until your next stop and contains a counter for gifts distributed.

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At 2:00 GMT, the affable Santa Claus had already distributed millions of gifts to the children of Australia and New Zealandwhere it gets dark before, and was heading towards Japan.

Children can also call Norad by phonewhere 1,000 American and Canadian volunteers answer your questions about the location of Santa Claus and its origins.

Norad and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (Conad), have continued their journey for 68 years.

In 1955, Sears department store ran an ad in a Colorado newspaper inviting children to call Santa Clausbut by mistake they gave the telephone number of the commander in chief of Conad, Colonel Harry Shoup.

That Christmas, Shoup received hundreds of calls from children and decided that It was necessary to create a volunteer center that would help the little ones learn more about Santa Claus.

On December 24, 2022, Norad received 73,000 calls to track Santa Claus, as reported last Thursday by Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.

“Each Christmas Eve, the Norad has a special mission: track Santa as he travels the world. This is the 68th year that the Norad carries out this important mission,” Ryder added.



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