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DENVER -- Santa Claus set records Christmas Eve as he raced across the globe on his traditional holiday mission. Santa tracking volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado said they fielded about 102000 telephone ...
Submit this storydigg reddit stumble DENVER -- Santa Claus set records Christmas Eve as he raced across the globe on his traditional holiday mission.
Santa tracking volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado said they fielded about 102,000 telephone queries beginning early Saturday on his progress, breaking the previous mark of 80,000.
And his NORAD Facebook page recorded about 999,000 "likes," compared with 716,000 a year ago. Twitter followers increased from about 53,000 last year to more than 89,000.
"I think what happens is that every year the ones that participated" tell others, Canadian Navy Lt. Al Blondin. "There's word of mouth."
The North American Aerospace Defense Command has been telling anxious children about Santa's whereabouts every year since 1955. That was the year a Colorado Springs newspaper ad invited kids to call Santa on a hotline, but the number had a typo, and dozens of kids wound up talking to the Continental Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD's predecessor.
The officers on duty played along and began sharing reports on Santa's progress. It's now a tradition at NORAD, a joint U.S.-Canada command that monitors the North American skies and seas from a control center at Peterson.
First lady Michelle Obama was among the volunteers for a second year in a row. She took about 10 calls from her family's holiday vacation in Hawaii. Lewis said Obama's voice didn't throw any of the phoning children.
The NORAD website said Santa then set a generally westward course, making numerous stops including Cleveland, Denver and San Francisco. He later passed through Hawaii and Alaska before setting his home course for the North Pole.
In addition to NORAD's Santa website and Facebook and Twitter pages, Santa this year has a new tracking app for smart phones. The app includes the Elf Toss, a game similar to Angry Birds. Blondin said there had been more than 700,000 downloads.
DENVER -- Santa Claus set records Christmas Eve as he raced across the globe on his traditional holiday mission. Santa tracking volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado said they fielded abo...
DENVER -- Santa Claus set records Christmas Eve as he raced across the globe on his traditional holiday mission. Santa tracking volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado said they fielded abo...
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4 hours ago( 4:54 PM) A Happy Holidays to the 1 percenters. Now where are all those "jobs" you keep promising us? We're waiting....
12 hours ago( 9:28 AM) There's nothing as wonderful as watching our granddaughters (oldest is 6) open their presents. We get to re-live that magic again that we were lucky enough to experience as children and when our now grown up children were young.
The United States number one nation in the world for charities and giving. Inteview with 153,000 people in 153 nations selected the U.S. as leading all nations in giving of money, time, and helping others. Second was Ireland, then Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K. The spirit of Christmas is Love for and helping others. The U.S. still has that inbred in its people from our Godly foundation and history.
12 hours ago( 9:07 AM) Many Americans are opening up their cheap plastic presents from under their some artificial Christmas trees, most of which were made off shore for pennies and sold to Americans (who lost their jobs to companies which have gone offshore) at a profit.
12 hours ago( 9:00 AM) Santa uses time travel to visit all the good little boys and girls on Christmas eve, time traveling 50 weeks out of his own year to appear in our homes simultaneously one night of the year.
12 hours ago( 9:00 AM) I see the h8ers are out today - give it a rest, people. Crawl back under your rocks. There will be plenty of time to spout your anti-American agenda of eliminating labor laws, environmental regulations, the social safety net, etc.
12 hours ago( 9:06 AM) About 2 hs. ago the majority of the posts were positive, inclusive, and accepting. I wonder if early morning drinking has played a roll in this sudden change.
12 hours ago( 8:59 AM) Merry Christmas everyone. Don't forget the GOP prayer. "Jesus, help me to judge them and convince them to be good and give everything, so I can remain the greedÿ bâstard i've always been".
12 hours ago( 8:56 AM) Even though this date was not celebrated as Christmas until the fifth century, I will wish all celebrating this as Christmas a Merry Christmas and to all others a very great day, particularly to all of those fighting for us, working for us and protecting us.
12 hours ago( 9:02 AM) Even though I despise the hypocrisy that's about to pour out of the mouths of the Republicans on this board, I agree with your post.
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