This photo illustration shows the NORAD logo on a cell phone screen while the tracker follows Santa flying over New York City on a computer monitor in Los Angeles on December 24, 2023.

NORAD’s Santa Tracker is already live with games, holiday music and a Christmas countdown. On Christmas Eve you’ll be able to use the tracker to follow his moves across the globe. NORAD’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...