What is the NORAD Santa Tracker? The map will be tracking Santa's trip around the world. NORAD is a joint U.S.-Canada command responsible for protecting the skies over both nations. Need a break?

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 ...

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.

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.

NORAD’s Santa tracker is a Christmas tradition that’s become nearly global in scope. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.

And so those satellites track (Santa) through that heat source.” NORAD has an app and website, www.noradsanta.org, to track Santa on Christmas Eve from 4 a.m. to midnight, Mountain Standard Time.