Peterson Space Force Base: Rest assured, children of all ages: Santa comes this Christmas night, and the second vacation with Covid-19 will not stop it.
That was the word from the US-Canadian military operation which had been tracking Jolly Old St.
Nicholas is on its global mission and has convinced us all – first with land and recently by iPhone, Android, OnStar, Facebook, YouTube and more – that he is on his way with the giring filled with toys and a dose of joyful joy.
In what is a very popular tradition of its own, the Defense Command of North America based in Colorado provides a real-time update about the progress of Santa on December 24, starting at 4am to MST.
Norad’s Santa Tracker allows families to watch Christmas’s father in 3D when he is the South Pacific transit, Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
From the headquarters in Norad, dozens of volunteers in the field of wave of telephone calls that were unrelenting to 1-877-hi-norad (1-877-446-6723).
They and other volunteers who work outside the location because the Coronavirus distance protocol will answer questions such as “when will he come to my house? What kind of cake he likes?” said the program manager and spokesman for Norad Preston Schlachter.
Want to watch? Visit https://www.noradsanta.org, see #noradtracksanta and @noradsanta on Twitter, or use related applications.
You can also send noradtracksanta@outlook.com email for the latest.
Even before taking off Friday, the Norad webpage has visited more than 3 million times, said Schlachter.
“Every household, every country must deal with the impact of this pandemic.
Santa Claus is an icon, and he is a source of joy for many people,” Schlachter said.
For those who are worried about Safety of Santa – or their own – a bearded man is likely to wear a mask at every stop, and of course he wore gloves, Schlachter said.
For the NORAD website which tends to technically offer more data about shipping (gift weight when taking off: 60,000 tons, or 54,600 metric tons; propulsion of giring: nine rp, or deer strength).
Like a good Christmas story, the origin of the program has been told for generations.
In 1955, the Air Force of the Harry Shoup – Commander on-Duty One Night in the Norad’s predecessor, continental air defense command – answered the call from a child who turned the wrong number printed in an advertisement in a newspaper, thinking he called Santa.
Shoul “answered the call, thought it was a joke at first, but then realized what had happened and convinced the child that he was Santa, and thus started the tradition we celebrate now,” Schlachter said.
Norad’s mission is watching the sky above North America for all potential threats.
Coming early Christmas Eve, Santa surgery began when a group of radar stations in North Canada and Alaska took infrared signatures from Rudolph’s nose.
The Norad array of geostationary satellites on earth monitor travel.
It was all displayed on a large display screen, “Not classified” at a well-decorated command post at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs.
Masked volunteers sit at a table equipped with a telephone, bouquets, miniature Christmas trees, lots of candy and coffee laden caffeine – and hand sanitens.
“We have a watch,” is the motto of the Norad military mission.
And when it comes to Santa, Norad added: “Santa calls a shot.
We just track it.”