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WATCH LIVE: Follow Santa's Christmas journey across the world with NORAD

Posted at 8:32 AM, Dec 24, 2019
and last updated 2019-12-25 15:54:13-05

(WXYZ) — The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, shows Santa's travel videos starting at 12:01 MT on Dec. 24.

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Also on Christmas Eve, children can get Santa updates by sending an email to noradtrackssanta@outlook.com and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to locate Santa.

NORAD's predecessor started tracking Santa in the mid-1950s after an ad telling kids to call Santa misprinted the phone number and gave out the number for the on-duty crew commander at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center.

The tradition has carried on for more than 60 years.