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 stockings are hung by the chimney with care, in the hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be there… but where exactly is Santa Claus right now? You can find out by checking out the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Santa Tracker,

Phones in Colorado will ring off the hook as children around the world look for Santa on his Yuletide journey.