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Dear Parents,
Track Santa Online!
Even for those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas, this is an amazing experience for your child. http://www.noradsanta.org
Every year on Dec. 24, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) opens up their special site so people can track Santa in real time. It’s not just a “Oh, there he is on the map” sort of thing. Once you see where Santa is on the map, you can see the sparkle trails of where he’s been already, and click on the video icons to see videos and explore more. There are Wikipedia articles and beautiful photos at almost every location. According to Google, almost 8 million people used the site last year.
As of this writing, Santa is in Aparri, Philippines but in 3 minutes he will be in Zamboanga, Philippines.
Too bad this wasn’t available when my boys were young.
For more information, here is how the whole thing started. (Sometimes, mistakes lead to amazing ideas!)
Just so you know, they take the site down every year right after Christmas Day, so bookmarking it for later won’t do a thing. (I tried it.)
I hope you’ll share this with your children. No work for you… just give them the link and let them explore. Believe me, they will figure it out. http://www.noradsanta.org
Mrs. Kolbert
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Thank you Mrs. Kolbert for this great web site. We followed Santa all the way to Boca, and he even stopped by to deliver our gifts.
Hope you have a happy holidays, and Merry Christmas to all.
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i actually used it last year and thhis year and alwazys thought it was cool! 
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oops i spelled some things wrong by accident!
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that is so awesome,cant wait to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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