MIAMI.- The Christmas is getting closer and everyone, from the smallest to the oldest in the house, waits with anxiety and excitement for Santa Claus or Santa Clauswho arrives loaded with gifts for children who have been good this year.
Thanks to technology, you can now follow your journey online, through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Google’s Santa Trackerfrom where we could see that in the early hours he had begun his selfless work of delivering gifts around the world during the 24 hours of this December 24.
In the Web page www.noradsanta.orgwhich is available in German, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Japanese, English, Italian and Portuguese, the little ones in the house can follow Santa Claus’s journey in real time on a map that indicates which continent he is on , how many minutes remain until your next destination and how many gifts you have already delivered.
Santa Claus has delivered more than 2 billion gifts
At 9:00 am Miami time, guided by his reindeer, Santa Claus, who had already visited New Zealand, Fiji and Australia, was heading to Hiroshima, Japan, and had delivered more than a billion gifts.
At 11:30 am headed to Wulumuqi, Chinaand had delivered more than 2,475 million gifts since it made its first stop in the Russian Far East.
Its journey, which starts from the North Pole, generally begins in the Pacific islands such as New Zealand and Australia, then continues through Asia, Africa, Europe, then continues through South America, Central America, and ends in North America.
A tradition
NORAD, formerly the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), has been monitoring the journey of Santa’s sleigh since 1955, when an error involved Colonel Harry Shoup, commander of the organization, in this activity.
Google joined about 20 years ago and now they also have volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado who They answer the questions of children who call 877-HI-NORAD to ask about Santa’s location and want to know a little more about his history.
While on the website, currently, those who wish to follow Santa Claus’s journey will have 30 mini-games to enjoy as a family.
Source: With information from TribLive / Inforbae / El Comercio
