
The army base has been informing troubled children about Santa's location every season since 1955. That was the season a Co Rises newspapers ad welcomed children to call Father christmas on a hotline, but the number had a mistake, and many children have been talking to the Ls Aerospace Immunity Control, NORAD's forerunner.
The authorities on obligation played along and began discussing reports on Santa's progress. It's now a deep-rooted custom at NORAD, a joint U.S.-Canada command that screens the South National air and waters.