“There are screams and giggles and laughter,” said Bob Sommers, 63, a civilian contractor and NORAD volunteer. Sommers often says on the call that everyone must be asleep before Santa ...

Its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command, handled the project for three years before NORAD took over. Here's what to know as the tracker mapped out Santa's journey. From his starting ...

Santa Claus is already hard at work, and NORAD is keeping track of where that ... The North American Aerospace Defense Command's Santa Tracker watches Santa Claus during his travels around ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But on Christmas Eve, it tackles perhaps its most important mission: tracking Santa ...

That tradition continued when NORAD was formed in 1958. The Santa tracker site receives millions of visitors from around the world each year, according to NORAD, and volunteers typically answer ...

What is a Santa tracker? Santa tracking is a well-loved tradition increasingly observed worldwide, but it all began with a happy accident in 1955. According to NORAD, a Sears catalog accidentally ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The North American Aerospace Defense Command operates the "NORAD Tracks Santa" Santa tracker. It's up and running and can be found at noradsanta.org.