NORAD's "Track Santa" website went live Dec. 1 but the real fun began on Christmas Eve, which is when visitors will be able to track Santa's route from 4 a.m. to midnight MST / 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. EST.

The NORAD Tracks Santa app is also available in the Apple App and Google Play stores, and the tracker will be available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, according to NORAD.

Volunteers for the Santa Tracker phone hotline field more than 100,000 calls from children across the globe in an average year, according to the U.S. military. Thousands had already come through ...

NORAD has been in the Santa-tracking game for decades. According to legend, in 1955, an ad in a Colorado Springs newspaper invited children to call Santa but inadvertently listed the phone number ...

The Santa tracker site receives millions of visitors from around the world each year, according to NORAD, and volunteers typically answer more than 130,000 calls. Ad Feedback Subscribe ...

FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

NORAD’s Santa Tracker, the beloved decades-old tradition of virtually following Santa Claus as he delivers gifts to children around the world, returns Christmas Eve for its 69th year.

Today, the NORAD Tracks Santa program has an army of volunteers that field calls from around the world. People can call 1-877-HI-NORAD to inquire about Santa's location from 6 a.m. to midnight MST ...

On Dec. 24, the command will start tracking Santa's journey around the world from 4 a.m. to midnight Mountain Standard Time. Callers can dial 1-877-HI-NORAD to ask live operators about Santa's ...

In 2004, Google rolled out its own tracker, giving everyone two primary choices for their Santa-tracking needs. How to track Santa with Norad 1. Visit the website or download the app ...

FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014.

NORAD’s annual tracking of Santa has endured since the Cold War, predating ugly sweater parties and Mariah Carey classics. Here’s how it began and why the phones keep ringing.