US Army Says Santa Claus Was Not Deterred By Winter Storm

U.S. military officials have assured the nation’s children that the severe snowstorm that swept through U.S. air traffic this week will not prevent Santa from making his annual Christmas Eve flight.

“We do have to deal with an occasional polar vortex, but Santa Claus lives in the Arctic year-round, so he’s acclimated to that climate,” said the US Air Force Sergeant voice from the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Norad, who claims to have accompanied her on her Christmas flight.

For 67 years, Norad, the joint US-Canadian military command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, has provided images and updates on the legendary figure’s voyage around the world, in addition to its primary mission of monitoring air defense and publishing aviation and naval reports.

The tradition of tracking Santa’s journey originated in a printing error in 1955, when a newspaper was supposed to publish the phone number of a Colorado Springs store. Instead of printing the number for the children to call and talk to Santa, the newspaper published the number of the Continental Air Defense Command at the time.

A sympathetic soldier answered the calls of the youngsters and flew in Santa’s reindeer-powered sleigh, ensuring he was in the air and on schedule to deliver the presents.

Norad’s Wiseman said Santa doesn’t have an official flight plan, so the US military never knew exactly when he would take off or his exact route, but Santa’s follower went live at 6 a.m. (1200 GMT) on Friday. it is entering. Norad website.

Wiseman said that when Rudolph the reindeer opens his bright red nose, the US military can pinpoint the location of Santa’s sleigh using infrared sensors.

U.S. and Canadian military jet pilots graciously accompany him across North America, and Santa slows down to wave at them, he added.