The presence of Santa Claus always awaited by children every December 25. To get a Christmas present of a white-bearded man in red clothes is a dream of every child. But where the hell is Santa Claus?
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) military volunteers, each year are involved in this activity. Share the happiness of Christmas, they make Santa tracking system or Santa Tracker to help children find Santa.
There is an interesting story behind Santa's tracking system. Santa Tracker was first made in 1955. At that time, the United States Air Force (US) shocked the phone number of the children were asked where Santa Claus.
Apparently, the central phone number of US Air Force was leaked into the hands of children as printing errors advertising a company. The numbers are displayed on a notice in the Gazette, Colorado Springs.
Instead of demanding and impose sanctions, the US military have committed acts of praise. They idly explained that they would use the 'Radar Santa' to find out the position of Santa Claus.
They also patiently answered questions of children, whether the sleigh of Santa Claus will come to their home or not. Children also believe the answers given, because the answer came from officials who oversee the sky, a place where Santa Claus usually appear.
Colonel Harry Shoup, Director of the US Air Defense Command Operations then later gave an official order that the staff 'track' journey Santa Claus from the North Pole to the whole world through the radar system.
As quoted from Fox 9 News, Thursday (12/25/2014), since then every Christmas the majority of staff were given the task of serving telephone NORAD kids ask Santa Claus travel route.
Now, the service track Santa can be accessed through the web which presented a variety of languages. Ahead of Christmas, Santa Tracker traffic which is located in www.noradsanta.org always flooded with children who enthusiastically looking forward to Santa Claus.
They also follow the social media accounts NORAD, ranging from Facebook and Twitter to find out the latest updates. At Christmas this year, Facebook page NORAD Tracks Santa at-like 1.5 million times that set new records.
Not only children, many adults who despite knowing Santa Claus is a fictional character, participate to trace the existence through Santa Tracker. Instagram for example, many who uploaded snapshot existence of Santa Claus.
This activity is for entertainment in order to share the joy of Christmas. NORAD itself on its website mentions difficult to explain in detail the identity of Santa Claus. They only catch signal is believed to be Santa Claus and his reindeer train.
"During 50 years of NORAD only track information for those who believe in the existence of Santa Claus," wrote NORAD.
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