It was December 1955, the height of the Cold War, when the red phone on Col. Harry Shoup’s desk at the Continental Air Defense Command began to ring. Only an elite few knew the number. Odds were ...

NORAD began to track Santa Claus in 1955, following an accidental phone call made to the agency by a young boy interested in in speaking with Kris Kringle.

The tale about NORAD Tracks Santa’s origins usually goes as follows: On December 24, 1955, the red telephone at the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado Springs ...

It's almost time for Santa to begin his journey around the world, and that means the volunteers over at NORAD are gearing up to keep tabs on St. Nick with their annual Santa Tracker. These days ...

NORAD will once again be tracking ... The beloved Colorado tradition dates back to 1955 when Air Force Col. Harry Shoup's menacing red phone — perched in what was then the Operation Center at ...

The military's NORAD has been tracking Santa every Christmas Eve for 63 years. It all began when the command center's red phone rang and a kid was on the other end.

NORAD’s tradition of tracking Santa’s sleigh began with a wrong number.Right before Christmas in 1955, Sears ran an ad offering millions of toy-hungry girls and boys the chance to talk to the ...

This Christmas Eve will mark the 63rd straight year that NORAD will publicly track Santa’s sleigh on its global rounds — and it all started with a misprinted phone number.

NORAD published an actual phone number, and encouraged children to call in. Military personnel gave their own time to answer those calls. Today, more than 1,200 men and women in uniform volunteer ...

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the ... Air Force Col. Harry W. Shoup picked up an emergency-only “red phone” and was greeted by a tiny voice that began to recite a ...

Now NORAD is front and center again, ... By now, it's a famous story: back in December of 1955, a red phone at the Continental Air Defense Command, NORAD's predecessor, ...

Starting at 6:00 a.m. on Dec. 24, trackers worldwide can talk to a live phone operator to inquire about Santa's whereabouts by calling 1-877-Hi-NORAD or by sending an email to noradtrackssanta ...