FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on Dec. 24, 2014.© Brennan Linsley/AP ...

Children can call 1-877-HI-NORAD (446-6723) to find out Santa's current location. They can also visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website to get live updates and play holiday games.

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. The tradition continues regardless of government shutdowns, such as the ...

FILE - NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids. By BEN FINLEY The Associated Press, Updated December 24, 2024, 12:52 p.m.

NORAD’s tradition is one of the few modern additions to the centuries-old Santa story that have endured, according to Gerry Bowler, a Canadian historian who spoke to the AP in 2010.

FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids NORAD has an app and website, www.noradsanta.org. People can also call 1-877-HI-NORAD to ask live operators ...

Nation/World NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids. By Ben Finley, Associated Press Published: December 24, 2024 ...