The fact that NORAD does this every year brings a smile to my face every time I read about this, or see it on TV. Years back, when my friend’s daughter was young enough to believe in Santa, I watched as her father logged into the internet page showing the Santa tracking. She was utterly thrilled. I hope my Christian readers will avail themselves of this charming way of making a child happy (at least until the fateful day when s/he discovers it’s all a lie).
Tracking Santa’s travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolds Friday for the 55th year.
NORAD insiders drop hints about how they do it — “ultra-cool, high-tech, high-speed digital cameras,” radar, satellites and Canadian Forces fighter jets. They happily release a flurry of facts: They answered 74,000 phone calls and 3,500 e-mails from around the world last year, all asking for Santa’s location.
But any inquiry into the technological particulars is met with a polite rebuff and a cryptic explanation involving the magic of Christmas.
I honestly don’t remember my parents warning me not to tell my Christian friends that there was no such thing as Santa, but I do remember knowing that I should just let them have their fiction and be happy.
Merry Christmas Eve to my Christian readers. Here’s a song that I heard for the first time yesterday. Could not stop laughing.
*chuckling* Wonder what Elvis would sound like singing with Porky Pig….