# NORAD Trackin' Santa website: pretty high tech this year!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norad-trackin-santa-website-pretty-high-tech-this-year/431075 "2007-12-24T00:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norad-trackin-santa-website-pretty-high-tech-this-year/431075/1 "2007-12-24T00:30:42Z")

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[NORAD tracks Santa!](http://www.noradsanta.org/)

I have to admit, last year’s website kind of sucked, but this year it’s got more stuff for the kiddies, and looks like it was animated by the same crew that did Dire Straits’ _Money For Nothing_ video.

Tripler  
But hey, at least we’ll know where to better aim the SAMs.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norad-trackin-santa-website-pretty-high-tech-this-year/431075/2 "2007-12-24T01:15:28Z")

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I love the story behind why they started doing this every year - a wrong number in a newspaper advert. Heh.