NORAD has begun its annual tradition of tracking Santa Claus's flight to deliver toys around the world and for some naughty children, a lump of coal.
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00:00The North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD, has officially begun tracking Santa Claus' flight around the globe to deliver presents,
00:08and for some naughty children, a lump of coal.
00:11NORAD uses radar to track airborne activity over Canada and the continental U.S.
00:16It began publicly releasing their Santa tracking information in 1955.
00:21NORAD has set up an operations center where over 900 volunteers answer calls about Santa's real-time location,
00:28which can also be tracked on its website.
00:30It's estimated that about 100,000 children call NORAD each year for Santa updates.