Every Christmas Eve, Norad the North American Aerospace Defense Command provides real-time tracking of Santa's sleigh as it navigates the skies, a tradition rooted in a 1955 misprint.
The cherished tradition dates back to 1955 when a misprint in a department store advert led a young child to call a Colorado military command center asking to speak to Santa Claus.
Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into Norad to inquire about Santa's location, while millions more follow online as St. Nick swoops along the earth's meridians.
For decades, Norad has swapped its usual airspace monitoring duties to answer children's questions about Santa's journey and his astonishing present-delivery operation.
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