When I was a kid, it was a big deal on Christmas Eve, to turn on the local AM news station out of New York in order to keep tabs on the whereabouts of Santa Claus.I remember how they'd have a reporter based out at NORAD to relay Santa's position back to the whichever kids or their parents were listening.
Today, it's a whole lot better! There a website that you can go to: NORAD Tracks Santa 2008.
Due to the marvel (and I mean marvel - personal computers are something we take way too much for granted) of the Internet and home computers you can now get accurate, minute by minute position reports for Mr. C.
You can watch him as he flies about the globe and if you download Google Earth, you can even watch it in 3D! If we had this kind of thing when I was a kid, we would have been besides ourselves.
It's so cool to watch as Santa is escorted by F-15s and F-16s as he flies through USA airspace; with our brave military watching over him with care. This is the thing that memories are made of.
Treat your kids and yourself to something you won't soon forget.
Merry Christmas from the W2LJ household. May your day be merry and bright.
73 de Larry W2LJ
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