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NORAD Tracks Santa (NTS) Program
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NORAD Tracks Santa Emblem
Active 1955 - present
Type Public Service Program
Role Public relations and entertainment [1][not in citation given]
Size More than 1,200 volunteers
Part of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Garrison/HQ (2006 - Present) Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado; (1955-2005) Cheyenne Mountain AFS (Air Force Station), Colorado
Colors Blue, Turquoise, Yellow, and Silver
Anniversaries December 24, Christmas Eve

NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Every year on Christmas Eve, "NORAD Tracks Santa" pretends to follow Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world. The program starts on December 1st with a "Countdown Village" website.

The program is in the tradition of the September 1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" in the New York Sun. [2]

Official NORAD Santa Tracker - Theme Music.ogg
NORAD Tracks Santa Theme Music

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] History of the NORAD Tracks Santa Program

1955 Sears ad with the misprinted telephone number that led to the NORAD Tracks Santa Program

According to NORAD's official web page on the NORAD Tracks Santa program, the history of the Santa tracking effort is:[1]

On Dec. 24, 1955, a call was made to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. [...] It was from a girl in Colorado Springs who was following the directions in an advertisement printed in the local paper – she wanted to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus.

The ad said “Hey, Kiddies! Call me direct and be sure and dial the correct number.” However, the number was printed incorrectly in the advertisement and rang into the CONAD operations center.

[...] Colonel Shoup received numerous calls that night and rather than hanging up, he had his operators find the location of Santa Claus and reported it to every child who phoned in that night.

Thus began a tradition carried on by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) when it was formed in 1958. [...]

Every Christmas Eve, thousands of volunteers staff telephones and computers to answer calls and e-mails from children (and adults) from around the world. Live updates are provided through the NORAD Tracks Santa Web site (in seven languages), over telephone lines, and by e-mail to keep curious children and their families informed about Santa’s whereabouts and if it’s time to get to bed.

Each year, the NORAD Tracks Santa Web Site receives nearly nine million unique visitors from more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Volunteers receive more than 12,000 e-mails and more than 70,000 calls to the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline from children around the globe.

Now major media outlets as well as children call in to inquire on Santa's location. NORAD relies on volunteers to help make Santa tracking possible.[3] Many employees at Cheyenne Mountain and Peterson Air Force Base spend part of their Christmas Eve with their families and friends at NORAD's Santa Tracking Operations Center, in order to answer phones and provide Santa updates to thousands of callers. Each volunteer handles about 40 telephone calls per hour, and the team typically handles more than 12,000 e-mails and more than 70,000 telephone calls from more than 200 countries and territories during a NORAD Tracks Santa season. Most of these contacts happen during the 25 hours from 2 a.m. on December 24 through 3 a.m. on Christmas that the operations center is up and running.[1][3]

The 2010 NORAD Tracking Santa season will start on Wenesday, December 1, 2010.

[edit] Statistics since 1996

This table provides a quick summary of the growth in the NORAD Tracks Santa program in serving children and the young at heart world-wide.

Statistical Summary from 1996 to Present of the NORAD Tracks Santa (NTS) Program
Year Nr of Volunteers at the NTS Op Ctr Nr of Telephone Calls Answered Nr of E-mail Messages Answered Nr of Languages at NTS Website Nr of NTS Website Hits Nr of NTS Website Visitors
1996 Not Available 15,000 Pre-NTS Website Pre-NTS Website Pre-NTS Website Pre-NTS Website
1997 Not Available 17,000 Not Available 1 20 million Not Available
1998 Not Available Not Available Not Available 5 28 million 3 million
1999 Not Available Not Available Not Available 6 52 million 10 million
2000 100 Not Available Not Available 6 100 million Not Available
2001 150 7,000 Not Available 6 289 million Not Available
2002 375 27,000 37,000 6 294.5 million Not Available
2003 400 49,229 60,000 6 577 million 9 million plus
2004 360 55,000 50,000 6 912 million Not Available
2005 550 52,000 103,156 6 907,958,865 Not Available
2006 800 85,000 96,000 6 1 billion (estimate) Not Available
2007 1,012 94,743 10,326 6 Not Available 10.6 million plus
2008 1,200 73,872 6,086 7 Not Available 15,828,663
2009 1,200 Plus 74,000 3,500 7 Not Available 13 million

Legend: 1) NTS is NORAD Tracks Santa. 2) Op Ctr is Operations Center. 3) Nr is Number.

Google Analytics has been in use since the 2007 NORAD Tracks Santa season to analyze traffic at the NORAD Tracks Santa website. As a result of this analysis information, the NORAD Tracks Santa program can project and scale volunteer staffing, telephone equipment, and computer equipment needs for the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Christmas Eve. For the NORAD Tracks Santa website itself, the analysis information, such as browser and connection speed data, is used to: 1) optimize the website layout, and 2) decide which games on the Countdown Village webpage are popular and are to be kept for another year, and those games that need replacement due to low usage.[4]

With the NORAD Tracks Santa program having grown to 27,440 twitter followers by December 25, 2009, after starting a twitter presence in the 2008 NORAD tracking Santa season, and with the NORAD Tracks Santa (NTS) Facebook fan page growing to more than 410,700 fans by December 2009, there was less need for the older types of e-mail messages during the 2008 and 2009 NORAD tracking Santa seasons. [5]

[edit] Santa Claus tracking systems

NORAD currently claims to have four "Santa Claus tracking systems" in place: The North Warning System, consisting of 47 radar installations, a system of satellites with infrared sensors in geosynchronous orbit, a network of "Santa cams", and a "Santa Claus escort" consisting of CF-18 Hornet fighter planes manned by Canadian pilots.[3][6]

NORAD's Four Santa Claus Tracking Systems
Tracking System 1 - North Warning System - Radar
Tracking System 2 - Satellite Network
Tracking System 3 - Santa Cam Network
Tracking System 4 - NORAD Jet Fighters and Santa Claus Escort

[edit] Media

The NORAD Tracks Santa program has always made use of a variety of media. In the 1950's thru 1996, these were the telephone hotline, radio, television, newspapers, and phonograph records (or "vinyl records"). From 1997 to the present, the NORAD Tracks Santa program has had a highly publicized internet and web presence. As mobile media and social media have become popular and widespread as methods of direct communication, these newer media have been embraced by the NORAD Tracks Santa program.[7][8] This table provides a quick summary of the growth in media presence of the NORAD Tracks Santa program, from 1955 to the present.

NORAD Tracks Santa Program Expansion by Type of Media
Type of Media Presence Year Presence Started
Telephone Hotline 1955
(Toll Free in the USA and Canada from 2002 to Present)
Newspaper, Radio, and Television 1956
Website on the Internet 1997
YouTube 2007
iTunes 2008
Smartphone 2008
Twitter 2008
Facebook 2009
Flickr 2009
Picasa 2009
OnStar 2009

[edit] NORAD Tracks Santa website

The layout of the NORAD Tracks Santa website and its webpages have changed from 1997 to the present due to changes in internet and web technologies, and changes in partners and sponsors for a particular year.

From mid-January until November 30, when one arrives at the NORAD Tracks Santa website, one is greeted with a webpage to come back on 1 December to track Santa with NORAD. During December one finds a NORAD Tracks Santa website with all the features available.

[edit] Videos

The NORAD Tracks Santa website Videos webpage is updated, generally each hour, to show a Santa Cam video of a CGI-rendered Santa flying over major cities in the different time zones where it is midnight. The videos feature a voiceover, that is typically done by NORAD staff, explaining Santa's location with facts about Santa and the country and city which Santa has just visited.[9]

Celebrity voiceovers have also been done over the years. For the London Santa Cam video, British celebrity and television presenter Jonathan Ross did the voiceover for 2005 thru 2007 and the former Beatles star Ringo Starr was an honorary Santa Tracker and voiceover for London in 2003 and 2004.[10][11] Paul Harvey was also an honorary Santa Tracker and did the voiceover for the St. Louis, Missouri Santa Cam in 2003. In 2002, Aaron Carter was an honorary Santa Tracker and provided voice updates about Santa's whereabouts as he helped NORAD track Santa's progress on Christmas Eve in 2002.[12] The Santa Cam locations announced by Aaron Carter for the 2002 NORAD Tracks Santa season were: 1) Auckland, New Zealand, 2) Athens,Greece, and 3) Colorado Springs.

The locations of some of the Santa Cam videos have changed over the years. In 2009, a record 28 Santa Cam videos were posted at the NORAD Tracks Santa website's Videos webpage. In other years, generally 24 to 25 Santa Cam videos were posted at the NORAD Tracks Santa website's Videos webpage.

[edit] Celebrity messages

As part of celebrating the fiftieth tracking season, the NORAD Tracks Santa website featured many celebrity video and audio messages.[13][14] The 2005 and 2006 tracking seasons of NORAD Tracking Santa also featured many celebrity video messages at the NORAD Tracks Santa website, prepared in conjunction with NORAD's participation in the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in 2005 and 2006.[15][16]

[edit] Corporate sponsorship and partners

The roster of partners for the NORAD Tracks Santa program has changed over the years with changes in technologies and their associated marketplaces, along with changes in organizations as to their being able and willing to commit to a successful sponsorship and partnership with the NORAD Tracks Santa program for a particular year. NORAD Tracks Santa partners include a variety of large (including international) and Colorado-based organizations. Typically work on the part of NORAD and their partners starts before the summer in order to be ready by December.[17] All the organizations and volunteers who help make this global NORAD Tracks Santa program possible do so at no cost to the American and Canadian taxpayers.[18][19][20]

NORAD Tracks Santa Program Partners and Supporters over the Years
Ceremonial ribbon cutting during Nov. 18, 2005 launch of Citadel Mall's "Santa Tracking Station"[21]
Two Northeast Air Defense Sector members with radar equipment in (2008)
Two members of the Canadian Forces[22] with radar screen (2007)
Christmas issue of NOAA's Weather Bureau Topics with "Santa Claus" streaking across a weather radar screen (1958)

In addition to the NORAD Tracks Santa partners listed at the NORAD Tracks Santa website and mentioned in NORAD Public Affairs press releases, numerous other organizations and corporations assisted in mounting the NORAD Santa Tracking program over the years.

All the U.S. military services and components (Active, National Guard, and Reserve) have supported the NORAD Tracks Santa program over the years, either in terms of publicity, or in the case of the Northeast Air Defense Sector of the New York Air National Guard or the U.S. Naval Reserve Navy Information Bureau (NIB) 1118 at Fort Carson, Colorado, direct support of the NORAD Tracks Santa program.[23] [24] Other U.S. federal agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have supported the NORAD Tracks Santa program over the years with publicity and satellite tracking support.[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] The Canadian Forces have been equally supportive of the NORAD Tracks Santa program.[30] [31]

In December 2007, the Space Foundation recognized the NORAD Tracks Santa program as a Corporate Patron Level Partner in the Certified Imagination Product Category of the Space Foundation's Space Certification Program.

Starting with the 2007 NORAD Tracking Santa season, the NORAD Tracks Santa program received recognition from the Space Foundation with their "seal of approval" under their Space Certification Program as a Corporate Patron Level Partner in the Certified Imagination Product Category [1] [2], for having increased interest in and excitement for space by children and the young at heart world-wide.[32] [33] [34] NORAD and the NORAD Tracks Santa Program were cited specifically by the Space Foundation as follows, "NORAD uses four high-tech systems to track Santa - radar, satellites, Santa Cams and jet fighter aircraft. Not only do these systems utilize a variety of technologies developed for the space program, but the tradition of tracking Santa's progress itself inspires children around the world to think about how space technology and exploration play an increasingly important role in our daily lives." [35]


[edit] Since 2007

NORAD Tracks Santa Partner Role Partner(s)
Hosting Services Google
Website Design, Social Media campaign consulting services, and NORAD Tracks Santa program coordination consulting services [36] [37] [38] Booz Allen Hamilton
Analysis software for land, sea, air, and space and global videos of Santa Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI)
3-D Toon Santa [39] Meshbox
Communications Engineering and Services Avaya, Qwest (2007-2008), PCI Broadband (2008–2009), tw telecom (2009)
Toll Free Number 877-Hi-NORAD (877-446-6723 Verizon
Language Translation Globelink - Foreign Language Center
Food, Beverages, and Souvenir Tracking Pins for Volunteers at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center OnStar (2009), AFBA 5Star Bank (2008 and 2009), Pepsi Distributing, and First Choice Awards and Gifts
E-mail to Santa Claus at the North Pole Official Santa Mail (2007) [40] and Canada Post (Canada's Post Office) [41] (2008)

[edit] 2000 to 2006

NORAD Tracks Santa Partner Role Partner(s)
Hosting Services America Online, Inc. (AOL)
Reliable Delivery of Content over the Internet Akamai (2004) [42]
Website Design Tobey & Company (2000), Etheriel Web Publications (2001–2003), 24-7 Web Studio (2004), Ampersand Creative (2002–2003), Island Web Studios (2005–2006)
Analysis software for land, sea, air, and space and global videos of Santa Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI)
3-D Toon Santa [43] Meshbox (2005-2006)
Communications Engineering and Services ICG Communications (2004-2005), Qwest (2006)
Toll Free Number 877-Hi-NORAD (877-446-6723) WorldCom (2002), MCI (2003–2005), Verizon (2006)
Language Translation Globelink - Foreign Language Center
E-mail to Santa Claus at the North Pole Official Santa Mail (2005-2006) [40]
Blade PC's ClearCube (2004-2005) [44]

[edit] 1998-1999

NORAD Tracks Santa Partner Role Partner(s)
Hosting Services IBM
Website Design, Analysis software for land, sea, air, and space, and Global videos of Santa Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI)
Language Translation Globelink International Services

[edit] References

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  22. ^ Col Pierre Ruel and BGen Christian Barabé.
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