A Complete History of Tracking Santa Claus

[ElfBot]

Some would call the tracking of Santa a fairly recent phenomenon. After all, you need technology to follow the Big Guy. The truth is that Santa has been anticipated and tracked for centuries. Ancient stories of La Befana (Italy), Baboushka (Russia) and Black Pete (Spain) all have elements of anticipating...

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[redkaga]

If you listened to NPR's Morning Edition today you'd have heard the children of Col. Harry Shoup tell of the story of their father and the accidental beginning of the NORAD tracking tradition. The StoryCorps story can be heard here: http://storycorps.org/listen/terri-van-keuren-rick-shoup-and-pamela-farrell/

 

[TeamYANTSU]

If you listened to NPR's Morning Edition today you'd have heard the children of Col. Harry Shoup tell of the story of their father and the accidental beginning of the NORAD tracking tradition. The StoryCorps story can be heard here: http://storycorps.org/listen/terri-van-keuren-rick-shoup-and-pamela-farrell/

Lucky you! We actually work with NORAD Tracks Santa every year to do our annual show. Come check us out and our several broadcasts over the course of Dec 23-25, 2014 at http://www.santatracking.net/ and come track with us live!

Team YANTSU Staff