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Bisnis.comJAKARTA – This year's joint US and Canadian military monitoring center continues a 68-year-old Christmas tradition of “tracking” the whereabouts of Santa Claus, the Christmas icon believed to deliver gifts to the world's children entire. .

Launching CNA Monday (12/25/2023), the Santa tracker brought to you by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was created in 1955, when an ad in a Colorado newspaper mistakenly printed a phone number to connect children to Santa. , directing them instead to the military's central hotline.

In its daily tasks, NORAD conducts aerospace and maritime control and warning operations, including monitoring missile launches by other countries.

However, so that the children would not be disappointed, Colonel Harry Shoup, then director of operations for NORAD, ordered his staff to check the radar and see where Santa might be, then told the children his location .

Sixty-eight years later, NORAD continues the tradition by establishing a temporary call center outside of its headquarters in Colorado, specifically to answer important questions from children.

A photo the agency posted on Facebook showed a line of people answering phones, some in uniform and others wearing red Santa hats. Several top US officials, such as President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, took part in the holiday action.

“This evening, the President and First Lady participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command Santa Call with children and families across the country,” the White House said in a statement. communicated.

Earlier, on Sunday (12/24/2023) local time, the tracker “died” briefly, leaving children in the Pacific region unaware of its true location.

“Hey #SantaTrackers! We may be experiencing some technical difficulties with our tracking map, but #Santa is still flying! Next, he's heading to Fiji!” » declared the group which manages the tracker on its Facebook page, before announcing a solution an hour later.

By NORAD, Santa would have started his journey with the first stop at the International Space Station which circles the Earth.

Santa Claus on a sleigh pulled by reindeer has also been “seen” across Africa, Antarctica, South America and the United States, dropping off around 100,000 presents every second.

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