Inside NORAD's Santa Tracker: How America's Defense Against Nuclear Armageddon Became a Cheery Christmas Tradition
The Pentagon's "Santa Tracker" started with a child's wrong-number call
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the United States' Continental Air Defense Command, the top-secret emergency phone was ringing off the hook, the line jammed with children asking to speak with Santa Claus.
That flurry of surprise calls on Christmas Eve 1955 gifted the world a beloved holiday tradition that lives on nearly 70 years later as NORAD's "Santa Tracker."
And it all began with a wrong number.
Inside NORAD'''s Santa Tracker: How America'''s Defense Against Nuclear Armageddon Became a Cheery Christmas Tradition - The Messenger
The Pentagon's "Santa Tracker" started with a child's wrong-number call
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the United States' Continental Air Defense Command, the top-secret emergency phone was ringing off the hook, the line jammed with children asking to speak with Santa Claus.
That flurry of surprise calls on Christmas Eve 1955 gifted the world a beloved holiday tradition that lives on nearly 70 years later as NORAD's "Santa Tracker."
And it all began with a wrong number.
Inside NORAD'''s Santa Tracker: How America'''s Defense Against Nuclear Armageddon Became a Cheery Christmas Tradition - The Messenger
