Google is releasing its Santa Tracker for another year.
The Santa Tracker, which allows the world to monitor Santa’s movements online starting Christmas Eve, follows Santa’s every move as he makes his journey from the North Pole.
Google’s Santa Tracker, which has been around for the last 13 years, shows Santa and his reindeer’s movements beginning Dec. 24 at 5 a.m. (E.T.) through web browsers, mobile web browsers, the Android app, the Android TV and and Chromecast. The Santa Tracker also allows you to now ask a Google Pixel or Google Home device where’s Santa to get updates on his location.
The Santa Tracker also includes games and ways to learn about Christmas, such as lesson plans teachers can download along with video guides for students, according to a press release from Google. Many lessons in the Santa Tracker teach coding through activities like building a snowflake or an elf dance. There are also opportunities to learn about Christmas traditions around the world.
Some of the games featured in Google’s Santa Tracker include the “Santa Dive,” which lets users skydive as Santa through hoops or a “Wrap Battle” game that requires users to hit the right notes at the right time.
Google’s Santa Tracker has also added new features for every day of December leading up to Christmas Eve.
Santa's busiest time of the year is almost here.
The Jolly Old Elf and his reindeer will be making their around-the-world journey Dec. 24 and thanks to modern technology, good girls and boys can know just when Santa will be at their house for his Christmas toy delivery.
There are a couple of ways you can track Santa:
NORAD
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its legion of volunteers, will continue its annual tradition of tracking Santa as he makes his Christmas Eve trek around the world to bring gifts to all the good boys and girls around the world.
This year marks the 62nd anniversary of NORAD's Santa tracking, a tradition that began due to a happy accident. On Dec. 24, 1955, a young boy mistakenly dialed an unlisted phone number of what was then known as the Continental Air Defense Command, or CONAD, Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Col. Harry Shoup was on duty that night, and rather than hanging up, he had his operators find the location of Santa Claus and reported it to every child who phoned in. The tradition grew through the years and now, the command known as NORAD uses its satellite systems, high-powered radars and jet fighters to track Santa as he makes his journey.
Before the big day you can go to www.noradsanta.org to explore the North Pole. Then, starting at 2:01 a.m. EST on Dec. 24, website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. NORAD's "Santa Cams" will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations.
At 6 a.m. EST, trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa's whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) or by sending an email to noradtrackssanta@outlook.com.
Amazon Alexa, OnStar
Any time on Dec. 24, Amazon Alexa users can ask for Santa's location through the NORAD Tracks Santa skill for Amazon Alexa, and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to locate Santa. Bing and Cortana users can also find Santa's location on Dec. 24.
Google tracks Santa
Google Earth is also tracking Santa.
The tracker will go live Dec. 24 and is available available online as well as in the Android App and on Chromecast.
Visitors to Google's site can play a new game each day, some involving coding skills while others teach about countries around the world. The games and skills will be unveiled each day through Dec. 24.
SantaTracker.com
Another option this year is the website SantaTracker.com.
The site lets you find out where Santa is on his journey, listen to North Pole radio, control Santa's Christmas tree and check the naughty and nice list.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Santa Claus is coming to town ... and now we know when he'll get here.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, has launched its 62nd year of tracking Santa's journey from the North Pole.
Find out where Santa is right now by clicking here.
The tradition began in 1955 after an advertisement misprinted Santa's telephone number as the telephone number for the commander of the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center.
Instead of just hanging up, the workers would check the radars and give children updates on where Santa was at the time.
The tradition was taken over in 1958 by NORAD, which is an organization run by both the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning and defense for North America.
The NORAD Tracks Santa website, NoradSanta.org, also features a mobile version.
This year, you can ask Alexa, Amazon's artificial intelligence software, for fun facts about Santa as well as where he is and when he'll be over your house.
For more information on how to enable this function, visit Amazon.com.
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