Unfortunately the number was one digit off-route and ended at the base of the Continental Air Defense Command now known as NORAD.A famous newspaper in Colorado Springs wanted to give children the ability to continue phoning Santa Claus in 1955.

A famous newspaper in Colorado Springs wanted to give children the ability to continue phoning Santa Claus in 1955. Unfortunately the number was one digit off-route and ended at the base of the Continental Air Defense Command now known as NORAD.

Instead of reaching Santa the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chiefs operations hotline.

. NORAD started tracking Santa in 1955 when by accident or was it the special phone number set up to call Santa by a local Sears turned out to be that of CONAD. Instead of reaching Santa the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chiefs operations hotline.And once again NORAD will be tracking him.

And once again NORAD will be tracking him. NORAD started tracking Santa in 1955 when by accident or was it the special phone number set up to call Santa by a local Sears turned out to be that of CONADThe tradition of NORADs Santa Tracker began over 50 years ago when a child dialed a Santa hotline phone number that was…

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In 2009 Santa was being tracked with state of the art technology by NORAD using global positioning systems GPS and Google Earth. The tradition of NORADs Santa Tracker began over 50 years ago when a child dialed a Santa hotline phone number that was…In 2009 Santa was being tracked with state of the art technology by NORAD using global positioning systems GPS and Google Earth

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