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Our radar presently is tracking 125,000 square miles. We're picking up some snow and the usual amount of air traffic as folks hurry home for the holidays.

Well, I'm sad to report there's still no activity from the North Pole. Santa has never been this far off schedule.

Many here are saying that Santa may not come. What you're hearing is an official military broadcast from NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

NORAD monitors airspace to prevent attacks against North America.

They look for things like incoming aircraft or intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads.

No big deal.

But since Christmas Eve, 1955, they've also been using those same radar systems

to track the progress of something else flying through the air.

Santa Claus.

Many here are saying that Santa may not come this year because not enough little boys and girls were good.

Now, this is all speculation on our part, but there seems to be

no other adequate explanation at this time.

Millions of people all over the world tune in to NORAD's Santa Tracker every year, and the

broadcast we're hearing is from the 80s. So imagine being a kid in hearing this.

I would be freaking out.

I'll be freaking out.

I'll be back with one more report, but if at that point there's still no activity,

then I'm afraid we're just going to have to shut down the screens and postpone Christmas this year.

Do stay with us for continuous updates of the flight of Santa Claus.

I'm First Lieutenant Andrew Lawrence.

So much of the fun of the holiday season is built on anticipation, knowing those boxes of ornaments are coming out from storage and that those once a year sugar cookies are getting baked.

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