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Have you heard of the NORAD Santa Tracker? It's the North American Aerospace Defense Command's annual program that tracks Santa's Christmas Eve journey around the world. Here's a classified secret: this beloved tradition only exists because a Sears newspaper ad printed the wrong phone number in 1955. When kids tried calling Santa, they accidentally reached a secret Cold War military command center instead. Luckily, the command center played along and started tracking Santa on their radar, launch

Santa Claus is comin’ to town! Track his journey with our friends at NORAD. 🎅 Video Description: NORAD Santa tracker radar appears on screen, surrounded by a green wreath with holly berries. A red light appears on the radar and transitions to Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer leading Santa Claus’ reindeer and sleigh as they fly over the globe. | Military OneSource