From The Danger Room:
As I write, Santa Claus is reportedly dropping Christmas presents on Madagascar. This according to the NORAD Santa tracker, operated each year by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
This marks the 50th year that the U.S.-Canadian air defense command has tracked Santa's journey. According to the official press release from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.:
NORAD Tracks Santa (NTS) program began on Dec. 24, 1955, after an errant phone call was made to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The call was from a local youngster who dialed a misprinted telephone number in a local newspaper advertisement. The commander who answered the phone that night gave the youngster the information requested – the whereabouts of Santa Claus. This began the tradition of tracking Santa Claus, a tradition that was carried on by NORAD when it was formed in 1958.
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