Santa Takes Off From North Pole as NORAD Tracks Christmas Deliveries

NORAD has begun its annual tradition of tracking Santa Claus's flight to deliver toys around the world and for some naughty children, a lump of coal.

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00:00The North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD, has officially begun tracking Santa Claus' flight around the globe to deliver presents,

00:08and for some naughty children, a lump of coal.

00:11NORAD uses radar to track airborne activity over Canada and the continental U.S.

00:16It began publicly releasing their Santa tracking information in 1955.

00:21NORAD has set up an operations center where over 900 volunteers answer calls about Santa's real-time location,

00:28which can also be tracked on its website.

00:30It's estimated that about 100,000 children call NORAD each year for Santa updates.