{"id":35951,"date":"2025-12-23T05:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/?p=35951"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:02:07","slug":"tracking-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/tracking-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Merry Christmas began by innocently tracking Santa Claus \u2013 long, long before that was really a well known thing. We were the first to ever track Santa online. And we\u2019re still doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Like everything we do, it\u2019s different. It is community driven. And it brings people to us from all over the world. We just love the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/northpole-7\/\">North Pole<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/santaupdate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SantaUpdate.com<\/strong><\/a> is the news source for Santa and the North Pole. They have their own News Department, their own <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/home\/christmas-radio\/\">radio station<\/a>, with elves who staff the effort year round and who come back year after year for a 2-day celebration of Santa as we track Santa from pre-launch to his return to the North Pole.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 hours of radio broadcasting that begins as Christmas Eve ticks over on the clocks of the South Pacific.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35954\" src=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-687x1030.png\" alt=\"Tracking Santa\" width=\"687\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-687x1030.png 687w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-1000x1500.png 1000w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-470x705.png 470w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543-450x675.png 450w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/file_000000009fe871f59b6a7d3d2dbbe543.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s live right now and when Santa launches it\u2019s joined by a map that tediously marks his every move around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The news we share on our North Pole page comes from several sources \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/northpoleflightcommand.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NorthPoleFlightCommand.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 home to all the flight data and technical details of what it takes to get Santa around the world.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SantaTrackers.net<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 it\u2019s not good enough to just be a fan of Santa \u2013 you can be an elf and help track Santa for Santa. It takes time, dedication, and, oh yeah, love.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/trackingsanta.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TrackingSanta.net<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 the map, the whole map, and just the map.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/https;\/\/elfhq.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ElfHQ.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 there\u2019s more to being an elf than just signing up. There\u2019s stuff to learn!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Merry Christmas began by innocently tracking Santa Claus \u2013 long, long before that was really a well known thing. We were the first to ever track Santa online. And we\u2019re still doing it. Like everything we do, it\u2019s different. It is community driven. And it brings people to us from all over the world. 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