How The Santa Tracker Began
December 24th, 2008 Posted in Oddities
You’ve probably heard of the NORAD Santa tracker (and like me, used it for as long as you can remember). It’s a great way to have fun on Christmas Eve and keep the kids at bay when they start asking when Santa will be at your house.
The Santa Tracker got its start in 1955 when Sears misprinted a phone number to call Santa and kids everywhere got connected to the Continental Defense Command hotline.
Instead of being angry, CONAD workers gave kids updates of Santa’s progress around the world… CONRAD became NORAD, and a tradition was born.