On December 24, 1948, the United States Air Force issued a communique claiming that an "early warning radar net to the north" had detected "one unidentified sleigh, powered by eight reindeer. This was to be a one off, not to be repeated until 1955 when a Sears ad mixed up the phone number to Santa with CONAD the Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command Center. Have you ever received the wrong number and had a good experience?

Colonel Harry Shoup, was working the night shift when a boy called asking were Santa was flying at this moment. Shoup played along and more calls came in. Shoup got to the bottom of the mistake from Sears and told his staff to play along with the kids. Did you ever have a boss that surprised you with extra holiday spirit?

Shoup did not intend to repeat the stunt in 1956, but Associated Press and United Press International were awaiting reports that CONAD again was claiming to be tracking Santa Claus. Shoup agreed and an annual tradition was born. Did you know the origin of NORAD before today?

Here is the phone number and web page for NORAD (https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map). Have you ever used this page to track Santa?