Candy canes and hot chocolate not required. NORAD Tracks Santa is live online and begins watching Santa at 4 a.m. ET (0900 GMT) on Dec. 24.

Where is Santa right now? Starting at 2 a.m. P.T. (that’s 5 a.m. E.T.) on Christmas Eve, Google’s annual live tracker lets users keep an eye on Santa’s travels before Christmas morning.

Santa Claus is coming to town, and you can follow his magical journey with the NORAD Santa Tracker, a beloved tradition that dates back to 1955.

Santa tracker 2024 is live! From NORAD to apps, see when St. Nick is coming to town He may see you when you’re sleeping, but you can also see Santa and follow his magical journey the night ...

Having opened my first Advent calendar door – alas, it's chocolate, not a Lego Advent calendar this year – I came online to work and couldn't resist the temptation to check out Google's Santa ...

Google's Santa Tracker will run on Dec. 24 and 25, with the search engine calculating Santa's Christmas Eve journey to take 25 hours.

In most countries, it seems Santa arrives between 9 p.m. and midnight on December 24. Families can call the Santa Tracker Hotline at 1-877-Hi-NORAD.

As the countdown to ripping and tearing gift wrapping kicks off, children can keep tabs on Jolly Old St. Nick using NORAD’s annual Santa Tracker.

Keep watch for Jolly Old St. Nick on NORAD's official website and festive Santa Claus tracker. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.