Beginning in the predawn hours Tuesday, Old St. Nick’s worldwide Christmas Eve journey, which traditionally includes passes over Los Angeles and Orange counties, will be tracked by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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This will mark the 69th straight year NORAD, located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, has provided simulated tracking of Santa Claus’ global mission to deliver gifts and cheer, according to the agency.
The tracker will go live at 1 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday via www.noradsanta.org, focused on the North Pole, awaiting Kris Kringle’s epic trip.
In 2022 and 2023, the tracker captured Santa and his reindeer crossing Orange County into Los Angeles County from south to north, as well as presented the sleigh flying directly over several cities, including Anaheim and Burbank.
“The (website) features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, movie theater, holiday music, web store and more,” NORAD said. “The website is available in nine languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.”