A display at Colorado Springs Airport Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, tells the story of NORAD tracking Santa that began 70 years ago when a wrong telephone number for Santa was printed in a Sears ...

Seventy years ago, a wrong number prompted the U.S. Air Force to begin issuing reports of St. Nick’s progress on Christmas Eve.

According to NORAD, the command center received more than 1 million calls about Santa during its tracking operations in the last three years. There were 261,000 calls in 2022, 430,000 calls in 2023 ...

The magic of Christmas Eve often brings a unique question for children and adults alike: Where is Santa? For 70 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has provided the answer, ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won’t show up if they’re not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be ...

Oregon families hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa in action on Christmas Eve can see him and his reindeer make their way around the world with NORAD's Santa tracker. The North American Aerospace ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won't show up if they're not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be ...

Follow the NORAD Santa Tracker this Christmas Eve and see how millions of families around the world watch Santa’s journey from the North Pole in real time.

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won’t show up if they’re not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be ...

Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won't show up if they're not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be able to find them. Adults who also ...