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    {"title" :"Sixty Years of Tradition: Tracking Santa with NORAD","summary" : "‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds;… …wondering when Santa was coming? “Let’s check!” they all","date" : "2015-12-10T11:46:12-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"nramprasad" : "Nirmala Ramprasad"},"topics" : {
        
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Every year on Christmas Eve, “NORAD Tracks Santa” follows Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe NORAD Tracks Santa App is the official mobile app of the NORAD Tracks Santa program. You may think the countdown in the app is to December 25, but no, it’s not. It’s a countdown to when the app begins tracking Santa’s flight. You can download the app for \u003ca href=\"http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/norad-tracks-santa/445e2479-6da9-41e2-85f7-66550fe8c55b\"\u003eWindows 10\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionbox.NoradTracksSanta\"\u003eAndroid\u003c/a\u003e or view the \u003ca href=\"http://www.noradsanta.org/\"\u003eresponsively designed website\u003c/a\u003e on your mobile devices and watch the countdown to Santa’s flight. Both the app and website are multi-lingual for the 60th Anniversary edition; users can choose from eight languages this year: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting at 12:01 a.m. MST (2:01 a.m. EST) on December 24, website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. Beginning at 4 a.m. MST (6 a.m. EST), trackers worldwide can use the app’s Contact Us screen to call and speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa’s whereabouts or by sending an email. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. At any time on December 24, Windows Phone users can ask Cortana for Santa’s location, and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to locate Santa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magic starts when you click on “\u003cstrong\u003eLet’s go!\u003c/strong\u003e” Explore “\u003cstrong\u003eSanta’s Village\u003c/strong\u003e” at leisure. Visit the library to learn about Santa, his magic sleigh, and holiday traditions around the world. You can visit the \u003cstrong\u003eArcade\u003c/strong\u003e and play a new game every day—make some new friends and impress them with your problem solving skills. Listen to Santa’s favorite holiday songs at \u003cstrong\u003eThe Music Stage\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/12/600-x-337-Windows-10-NORAD-Santa-Tracker-app-2015-60th-anniversary-Santas-Village-screen.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The Santa\u0026#39;s Village screen of the Windows 10 app for the NORAD Santa Tracker.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t forget your popcorn when you visit the \u003cstrong\u003eTheater\u003c/strong\u003e to enjoy movies on Santa and NORAD and the gift shop. Visit \u003cstrong\u003eNORAD HQ\u003c/strong\u003e to know more about NORAD’s mission, and learn how they track Santa’s flight around the world. In “Secret Santa Files,” view history and highlights of the program’s 60-year history tracking Santa’s yuletide journey.\u003cem\u003eYou can download this and other government apps through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usa.gov/mobile-apps\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e. Do you have a federal app that is not listed on the Directory? Take part in the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/21/start-sleuthing-with-the-great-federal-mobile-product-hunt/\"\u003eGreat Federal Mobile Product Hunt\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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