NORAD Santa cam

You can follow Father Christmas’ progress around the globe via the NORAD Tracks Santa radar.
Every year NORAD do this. Every year. They’ve been doing it now for fifty years—the website is new, but they also take phone calls from kids and tell them where Santa is, and they have done so every Christmas for half a century. I cannot believe that they do this. It is wonderful. Wonderful. I’m sitting here—quite seriously—choked up at the thought of this bunch of military officers taking all this time and effort to make Christmas a bit more special for a bunch of kids around the globe. Wow.

56 comments.

  1. how cool is that! if emilia comes down tonight, I’ll point her at this website (unless it says its been past the UK, of course). Merry Christmas!

  2. it’s not really that new, we have been using it for a couple of years to make that trip to bed on Christmas Eve a little easier.

  3. Santa isn’t real

  4. Santa is real. If you believe in the magic of Christmas, then you believe in Santa…

  5. We can’t wait to track santa again this year its such fun. My Mum works in a nursery and tells all the kids to track him too. Its cool! We love you Santa.

  6. MAGIC!!!

    THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SITE, MY KIDS LOVE IT (AND SO DO WE).

  7. Thank you so much…my girls are already asking for this.

  8. I will watching again. Keep it going.

  9. is there a video from 2004 that i can watch?

  10. how dose santa make his rain dear fly ?

  11. my kids have watched this site for seven years now my eldest is now 16 but still thinks is great of you guys to do this she sends you a big hug and says thanks keep up the dream of christmasfor the younger ones

  12. Dear Norad:
    We just love this. We come home late from a family reunion every Xmas Eve and check on Santa’s trip before bed….it’s so cool to see how close he is to our house!!!!

  13. if you believe in santa you can believe in anything. thats why im a believer!
    I BELIEVE

  14. i belive in and so should you if u think he is real you are right other wise you are wrong i am 8 and i beluve in him.

  15. If u don’t believe u are sick and dum

  16. SANTA ROX!!!! OH SO MUCH!!!!

  17. Hello,

    my name is Billy aged 6.
    I am very excited to be able to watch Santa’s journey around the world.
    I hope everybody has a lovely Christmas.

  18. Hello

    My name is max i am 8 santa is real norad track santa is great
    santa going round the world and to wtch videos is GREAT!!!!!!!!

  19. I m 10 years old. i love chrismas and i belive in santa.

  20. i beliveee i be e leave : )

  21. I’m 12 and Catherine’s 8 and we love Christmas because it’s the birth of Santa!

  22. I will introduce my grandchildren to this site,thanks to jonathan ross show. very interested myself as i always wondered how he did the journey!!!!!

  23. Just as my kids were starting to have doubts about santa, The NORAD website managed to secure the reality

    Thanx so much

    Dave Mouzer

  24. [...] Niamh and I are watching Father Christmas with NORAD Tracks Santa again this year. He’s in India at the moment; not long to go [...]

  25. Great site, an RSS enclosure for this would be totally awesome.

    It choked me up too, but I it is from the heat generated from compiling Xorg… yea thats it… compile fumes are making my eyes water…. ;)

    Eric Davis

  26. I LOVE SANTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. hey this santa tracker is awesome how else does a kid refuse to believe in santa if you have proof he is there? i know i believe! bye-michelle

  28. Norad Santa is awesome. I can track Santa. Santa gives presents so why not believe? I hope everybody has a merry christmas and a happy new year! I believe …GO Santa! xox

  29. Mommy said if I don’t get to bed early Santa will fly over my house and not give me presents.

  30. I am using my laptop and I am very please with all the good boys and girls this Christmas. Do not think I am not real, I could easily call my friend the Grinch and he can take away all your presents and you will never see them again.

  31. Santa came to our house last night and he left lots of presents! Thank you for keeping an eye on him for us!!! All my love to you,Beth age 6 yrs

  32. Sants is cool!I’m almost a teenger,and I believe in Santa.If yall’ don’t believe in him,go to http://www.noradsanta.com on christmas eve,and it will show where he is going next,and videos of him where he has been..it is sooooooooo COOL!!!

  33. we believe in santa.!

  34. this is a great site, i have been looking at it for a cople of years now, i shall show the grandchildren this one. it gives that little extra feel of magic on xmas eve.

    i am 36 and still believe in sants on such a wonderful day

  35. what about the space station? The crew must get presents too. Does Santa dock with
    ISS? Will there be pictures?

    bobbie age 56 and a half

  36. how do we no if he is or isn’t we all want to no but i have been told if i belive i recive but i’m 16yrs old now and have to say he not real to not make a fool of myself in front of my friends but i think he might be and if he is real i wish he could tell me why it never snows in DUBLIN at christmas plz plz plz plz let it snow dis year

  37. santa is real who
    sends the letters to you and how can utrack down santa

    bethany keen 10

  38. Santa webcam is just the best ! Best wishes to the U.S. military for this!

  39. I have been watching Santa every year, with my Granny and Grandad. I think it’s great how you use Rudolph’s nose. We leave a carrot for Rudolph, to say thank you when we leave Santa’s mince pie and whisky (to keep out the cold, grandad says).

    Kayleigh aged 6

  40. hello norad i love this webstite i watch it every year for hours beond hours bye xx

  41. santa tou are so awsome I beleve in you.

  42. I belive in santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43. Santa rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Santa rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  44. if you dont believe your senile

  45. My freind ed w’ard does not belive that track santa.com is real

  46. he does not belive in santa

  47. i belive in santa but my cat doesent
    p.s i dont have a cat

  48. I love this site!..I have been a Santa radar fan and Tracker all of my life almost!..Keep up the good job!..I love and believe in you Santa Clause!! Merry Christmas!!

  49. santa my not be wut they say but hes real

  50. believe their are millions on your side

  51. if you dont believe you wont recieve

  52. have a merry christmas!

  53. =} happy new year

  54. i saw santa

  55. If the military knows santa is real, thats good enough for me!!

  56. santa is so not real because like he can get round the world in 12 hours.

    And if you do belive in santa you are sssoooooo gay