NORAD Tracking Santa: A Cold War History

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The story that circulates about how NORAD started tracking Santa is pretty heart-warming, but doesn’t completely hold up. So there’s some myth-busting here, and maybe the tiniest bit of bah-humbug.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Steffi Amiston History Class from Howstupworks.com.
0:36.1	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.6	I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Frye.
0:47.7	Hey, Merry Christmas to listeners who are celebrating.
0:50.7	Indeed.
0:51.7	Or I mean, if you aren't celebrating, you just want to be wished Merry Christmas.
0:55.7	This episode is coming out on December 25th.
0:58.2	So it seemed like a good time to talk about a very Christmas-related listener request,
1:03.2	which is how the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD,
1:09.2	started tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve every year.
1:13.3	This is something that we've gotten several requests for,
1:15.7	including from Elaine and Tori, and at one point last year or the year before.
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