Norad’s Santa-tracking website set to go online

North American Aerospace Defense Command or NORAD will beam up its Santa Claus-tracking website on December 1 while tracking the movement of the man in red suit will begin on December 24.

Tracking Santa has become a tradition for NORAD since 1955. It started at Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), the early iteration of NORAD. Colonel Harry Shoup was on duty when the “red phone” rang. This was the phone that delivered bad or very important news during the Cold War. Shoup answered but at the other end was a small boy asking “Is this Santa Claus?” When Shoup realised it wasn’t a prank call, his stern voice gave way to “ho ho ho”. Later,