{"id":82209,"date":"2025-12-27T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/82209\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:35:20","slug":"searching-for-santa-claus-norad-google-trackers-help-you-find-jolly-old-st-nick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/82209\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Santa Claus? NORAD, Google trackers help you find jolly old St. Nick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"F7TBAUME4ZAFRAIE525I2IROTU\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Santa Claus is officially en route for his annual trip, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noradsanta.org\/en\/noradhq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North American Aerospace Defense Command<\/a> (NORAD) is once again helping families track his journey around the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZATMQRTZOBAKHG72DZBBKMQPC4\">Every Christmas Eve, the NORAD Tracks Santa program lets families follow Santa and his reindeer along their route. Anyone interested can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noradsanta.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NORAD<\/a> website to track his trip in real time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QC4HK4TOEBC6LJMXQRVTEBBMJU\">Families can also download the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.norad.santa&amp;pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.norad.santa&amp;pli=1\">NORAD Tracks Santa app<\/a> to watch the countdown to Santa\u2019s journey, play festive games, explore books about Santa and his sleigh and listen to a Christmas playlist. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VPBUIVDXDRGHZKSE6GWZ3UAZEQ\">Trackers worldwide can also call to inquire about Santa\u2019s whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723). They will either speak with a live phone operator or hear a recorded message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WHZDQWBGS5ACVIAXLMKFC76SII\">Google also offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/santatracker.google.com\/familyguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/santatracker.google.com\/familyguide.html\">Santa Tracker<\/a>, which features games like Santa\u2019s Canvas, Railroad Ride, Snowball Storm, and more for children to enjoy. On Dec. 24, Santa\u2019s Village will transform into a tracking experience where you can follow Santa and his reindeers as they deliver their presents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Santa Claus is officially en route for his annual trip, and the North American&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,40509,40510,40511,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-82209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-norad","11":"tag-norad-tracks-santa","12":"tag-north-american-aerospace-defense-command","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-staten-island","15":"tag-staten-island-headlines","16":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}