Woooo, this is a bit late and I didn't even know of this until the day of Christmas.
Norad tracks Santa Claus!
Now, I thought that was really cool!
CNN news link
NORAD Santa Tracking link
I teach kids from kindy up through High School.
Japan does not really partake in the Santa / Jesus thing but many kids and non-believer parents do try to some extent to continue the fun about Santa until the kids finally realize ... doh ...
Interesting that about 80% of Jr. and High School kids do believe to some extent. Many say they want the dream/myth to continue. Those who stopped believing can't those nasty bandits in action ...
It's sort of interesting when you see their faces when you tell them that the US Postal Service is even in on the deal. Now that I can say even Missile Command NORAD is on the deal ... I wonder what the double punch will do
I do stick away from the religious side of this equation since I believe in the more Danish/German version. I also do not try to force my beliefs on the kids but rather try to let them make an educated decision on their own. The reason is because I think that the Christmas spirit of giving and being nice is actual fun.
However, back to NORAD. It's pretty cool that the military is actually using their time and facilities to track something that is important for little kids.
To the Scrooges and humbugs out there -- dreams and fantasies are important to kids!
Late Merry Christmas all
