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Originally Posted by Sapporo Guy
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The net???? Al Gore was only a kid when the tracking started.
NORAD's been tracking him since the '50's. Every radio/TV station, etc.
It was started by accident; the Sears store in Colorado Springs had an ad in the paper for kids to call to get Santa's location on Christmas Eve, had a guy all set up to answer.
The number was misprinted in the paper, and the number listed was NORAD's predecessor.
The Colonel that answered the phone played along with the kids and the staff started 'tracking' Santa. Giving updates to kids all evening. Ended up on local then national radio/TV. Been doing it for over 50 years.