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- Shorties, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Santa is lame!?!?!
Your on the naughty list for sure now! - AcidPhysx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14"Rudolph's nose gives off an infrared signature similar to a missile launch." -NORAD
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15If Santa looked like Osama, we wouldn't be able to track him.
- voltree, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12@Zeush8su
It's privately sponsored. Go spoil someone else's fun. - Mufflegrump, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13@Zeush8su: I just want to be the first to compliment your on your worldview. With all the turmoil and stress in modern society, it's really nice to see someone like you who's managed to hold on to that magic of childhood. Don't stop believing!
- Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Hey, kids, gather around, I have something to tell you... you know that time I shot that bear that was trying to climb down our chimney? Well, bears can't get on roofs...
- aecarol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7In the late 80's I worked at the NORAD Alaskan ROCC (Regional Operational Control Center) and we had a special Christmas tape we'd run on Christmas Eve. It was really just a carefully prepared training tape of simulated radar data. It had a "track" for Santa synced to a script our public relations officer would use.
The local news would be allowed to film one of the consoles playing back the tape and interview a controller.
Every hour we'd have an update on a mysterious track we'd picked up on radar, then we'd send F15s (of course not really), then we'd "identify" it as Santa and escort it.
I still have the script somewhere in my office. - rbflurry01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8used it last year. my sister loved it. always asking. WHERE IS HE NOW?
- dopmwd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This is actually pretty cool.. I remember being a kid and watching the news on xmas eve just waiting for them to say where Santa and show the cheesey radar screen with a sleigh moving across it.. Once it was actually on my hometown when the radar came on, and I freaked... Ran straight to my room and jumped in bed hoping I wasn't too late.. It's cool that the people at NORAD do this for the kids...
- norbiu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Apparently you're a 13-year-old kid that just realized that Santa isn't real. By calling everyone's Mom and Dad a whore and a homosexual, respectively, you are subconsciously referring to your own parents! Merry Christmas you little *****!
- pezholio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Santa Clause? Santa Claus surely?
- blaize2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! SANTA!!
@NenDaiKi lame as it may be you still looked and really are'nt you too old to be tracking santa ya freakin scrooge :P - Mufflegrump, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Without putting too fine a point on it...Dude, what the ***** is wrong with you?
- spinchange, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This is awesome...we're definitely going to be tracking Santa at my house!
I can't believe I've never heard of this before, this is the kind of thing my Dad would've really got a kick out of doing too.
Thanks for posting Bloom - iamexcite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Google Earth does something similar; not sure how it compares (did anyone try this last year if it was around?)
http://earth.google.com/santa/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Church and State? Santa is one of the most secular icons in our culture, and I say this as a Jew. Now, if they were tracking Jesus...
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My daughter willed herself to believe in Santa Claus for two or three years after she found out he was make believe. It isn't about the lies, it's about the story.
- toxicredm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, it's The Santa Clause that's real. But why would you need NORAD to track it, you could probably find it an any Blockbuster.
- intense321, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They just announced on the radio that the Santa in the mall close to my house is a convicted child molester. How ***** up is that?
- fluentinsilence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My niece surprised me last year when she was watching Santa's path through reports and mentally she had collected the data regarding his journey. Asking how he could be in two places at once, being able to deliver packages and travel at incredible speeds, etc. I knew the reply of "well, he travels at nearly the speed of light" was not going to satisfy her so I didn't bother patronizing her. Bright little kid. She's 8 this year.
- ct2000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5used this for the past few years my kids love it !!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thank God no one could possibly be offended. They're all volunteers, phew! I was almost worried they'd have to sue and arrest the people at NORAD.
That's the most important thing in the world - making sure no one is offended.... - Pigeon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What?! *tears* Santa is real! He is!
- Chupathingy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"NORAD relies on many volunteers to help make Santa tracking possible. Hundreds of volunteers spend part of their Christmas Eve at the Santa Tracking Operations Center answering phones and emails to provide Santa updates to thousands of inquiring children worldwide."
- gregorypierce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm glad that someone put up the actual history of all this, that's great! I've always wondered how they started that.
- salinemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Will you also be making your son practice his free throws and your daughter work on that dance for the beauty pageant? :-P
- PoserDad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hmmm, free throws and beauty pagent???
Heck no!!!
Wash & Wax the car, clear the gutters & weed the yard. They have to earn that coal in their stockings!!! ;-)
mmmwwaaaha ha ha (dasterdly laugh) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No one tells you how to track Santa better than Admiral William Adama...
http://www.noradsanta.org/greetings/09.swf - Shorties, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4My dad has done this with us (Even me and my sister are way too old for it) for like 5 or 6 years now, whenever they started doing it. Its pretty amusing.
- chintal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3hmm... someone should tell norad that a quadrant is called a quadrant for a reason
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/downloads.php
Quadrants 5 and 6 have maps too , apparantly. - GoDawgs7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3when I was little I willed myself to continue believing in santa bc i feared the presents would stop if my parents realized i knew the gig was up.
- Advocate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4i wonder how well Santa will fly with an AMRAAM air to air missile up his ass...
"sorry kids, Santa diverted from his registered flight path as was mistaken as a costa rican drug runner" -norad - ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://earth.google.com/santa/
- PoserDad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I've done this with my kids a few times- glad to be reminded about it BEFORE Christmas this year ;-)
I may set up a couple computers, 1 on NORAD and 1 on Google....
then have the kids write a compare and contrast paper about the features and acuracy of each. - lordwow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Use NORAD To trick kids this weekend! Really Fun!
- MissElliot1978, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3We did this last year with my 7 year old niece. She has asked several times about it this year, so we will be doing it again. The web site is pretty cool, and it offers some great (sneaky) opportunities to teach kids about geography and time zones and things.
- gsadamb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Yes, heaven forbid we let kids be kids for too long.
- Shorties, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It has nothing to do with people being offended, it has to do with Tax dollars paying for religious holiday related work.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I liked this one: Photos of kids being scared by Santa Clause:
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Photo_Gallery_of_Kids_Scared_of_Santa_Isn_t_this_an_actual_Phobia - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or maybe you prefer the Green Arrow...
http://www.noradsanta.org/greetings/13.swf - salinemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But did you submit the news story to Digg?
- priestlake22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Sanity Clause .. There Ain't No Sanity Clause.
- astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Awesome site for the young and old!
The Swing music is REAL Good...nice to hear a Frost The Snowman with a Glenn Miller twist! - xerus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I dont know about this Santa Clause, but Santa Claus is definitely real.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I though santa was real
- Shorties, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Oh FYI for anyone who is wondering, because its a government owned agency it is done completely on the NORAD employee's free time, so that there are no Church and State issues.
- jsusanka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1use google earth instead - no internet explorer only crap needed.
http://earth.google.com/santa
screw wmv and internet explorer - when will the world learn to write web pages. - ideagirl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Just have to add -- go to the "things to do" page and watch the promo videos. Hysterical!
- looselips, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No matter how innocent and seemingly harmless this " Santa prank" may appear, it is in fact, still a lie.
Remember lies that you were taught as a child.
How did they make you feel?
Lying is bad even for an atheist like me.
When the lies come from trusting parents, government representatives, clergy or any other "credible" source, then the lie is especially damaging.
Time and time again we will back up and reaffirm these lies to children because we think the idea is cute, or proof of their innocence, or worse yet we are indoctrinating them with dogma or unsubstantiated claims that we believe to be true, even if only subconsciously.
Does teaching superstitious stories as fact cause harm?
It can if you are a child and you believe something you are told without question. Everyone teaches, everyone learns.
Decide which of the following you will teach your children.
Lucky horseshoe
Lucky rabbits foot
Leprechauns
Giants
Pennies
Wishes
Santa
and many others from http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/
Many of these seem foolish and funny, I know I might laugh if someone told me that they believed it without question.
Do you really want your children to be laughed at when they tell others what Santa got them?
Do something right and explain to them how somethings you told them are in fact, just lies.
Explain a few more if you dare or let them find out for themselves.
Karma
Magic
Ghosts
Ghost Detectors
Zeus
Apollo
Medusa
Sun God
Earth God
Vishnu
Allah
Prayer
Jesus
God
Holy Spirit
Soul
Hell
Evil
Heaven
Stories do not equal proof, no matter who teaches it.
Question everything and find your own answers, and make sure your children learn to do the same. - DreadPirateWes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@womfalcs7: Or how about not spreading it in the first place. Nothing like lying to your kids for your own enjoyment eh?
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