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In addition to Santa Cam videos of Santa's annual world-wide journey, there have been trailers, and many news stories of the NORAD Tracks Santa program during the past decades of the 20th and 21st centuries.


2011

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2011 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2011 Holiday Message from NORAD Commander General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. and NORAD Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson. [1]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD Alaska Region [2]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD Canada Region [3]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD U.S. Continental Region and 601st Air and Space Operations Center [4]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by Olympic and Paralympic Athletes at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA [5]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA [6]
2011 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [7]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India [8]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Patch American High School, Stuttgart, Germany [9]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Faith Middle School, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA [10]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - West Point Middle School, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, USA [11]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - U.S. Consulate, Krakow, Poland. [12]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Ramstein Air Base, Landstuhl, Germany [13]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Anglo-American School of Sofia, Bulgaria [14]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Maxwell Elementary/Middle School, Montgomery, Alabama [15]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba [16]
2011 Holiday Videos From Around the World - Student Video from Banjul American Embassy School, Fajara, the Gambia [17]
2011 Holiday Videos - Students at the US Embassy London on 20 December 2011 Looking Forward to Santa's upcoming visit [18]
NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center B-roll on Christmas Eve of 2011. [19]
2011 AP News Story - AP News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [20]
2011 CBS Morning News Story - CBS Morning News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. and COL Michael Yowell, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [21]
2011 WISH-TV Story - WISH-TV speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. and COL Michael Yowell, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [22]
2011 CTV News Story - CTV News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [23]
2011 Fox and Friends News Story - Fox and Friends News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Jacoby, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [24]
2011 News Story - News reporter speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., and Master Sergeant (Rtd) James H. Mahorn about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [25]
2011 Reuters News Story - Reuters News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [26]
2011 Weather Channel News Story - Weather Channel speaks with NORAD Commander, General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [27]
2011 CBC News Story - CBC News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [28]
2011 CTV News Story 1 - CTV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [29]
2011 CTV News Story 2 - CTV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [30]
2011 CTV News Story 3 - CTV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [31]
2011 Weather Channel News Story - Weather Channel speaks with US NORTHCOM Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Frank Grass and Bruno Bowden of Google about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [32]
2011 KTVK-TV News Story - KTVK-TV News speaks with US NORTHCOM Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Frank Grass about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [33]
2011 WCMH-TV News Story - WCMH-TV News speaks with US NORTHCOM Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Frank Grass about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [34]
2011 Weather Channel News Story - Weather Channel speaks with Lieutenant Commander William Lewis, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [35]
2011 Weather Channel News Story - Weather Channel speaks with Mr. John Cornelio, of NORAD Public Affairs and the Chief of Media Relations, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2011 [36]


2010

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55th Anniversary of NORAD Tracks Santa


2010 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by Admiral Winnefeld, Commander of NORAD [37]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD Alaska Region [38]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD Canada Region [39]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by NORAD U.S. Continental Region and 601st Air and Space Operations Center [40]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message 1 by US Olympic Military Athletes at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA [41]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message 2 by US Olympic Military Athletes at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA [42]
2010 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [43]
2010 Colorado Springs, School District 11 - Winning Christmas Holiday Video - Wasson High School [44]
2010 Colorado Springs, School District 11 - Christmas Holiday Video - Bijou School [45]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - International School Suva, Fiji. [46]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - David G. Farragut High School at Naval Station Rota, El Puerto de Santa Maria and Córdoba, Spain [47]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany [48]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - Sunrise Elementary School, Palm Bay, Florida, USA [49]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - Faith Middle School, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA [50]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - West Point Middle School, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, USA [51]
2010 Student Videos From Around the World - International School of Astana, Kazakhstan [52]
Video of representatives from the NORAD Tracks Santa program and some of the partners from Google, Booz Allen Hamilton and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, who help sponsor the NORAD Tracks Santa Program, joined together at the NYSE alongside the one and only Santa from Macy’s to get people geared up to track Santa as he makes his yuletide journey. In honor of the occasion, they rang The Closing Bell on Dec. 20, 2010.[1] [53]
Patric Covey from Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA organizes and hosts a 15 hour live video blog show on NORAD Tracking Santa on Christmas Eve of 2010. [2] [54]
NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center B-roll Part 1 of 2 on Christmas Eve of 2010. [55]
NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center B-roll Part 2 of 2 on Christmas Eve of 2010. [56]
NORAD Tracks Santa Fan in New York City, New York in December 2010. [57]
2010 AP News Story - AP News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [58]
2010 CNN News Story - CNN News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [59]
2010 Fox and Friends News Story - Fox and Friends News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [60]
2010 MSNBC News Story - MSNBC News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [61]
2010 NECN News Story - NECN News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [62]
2010 Reuters News Story - Reuters News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [63]
2010 Sky News Story - Sky News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [64]
2010 KOAA-TV News Story - KOAA-TV News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [65]
2010 WCCO-TV News Story - WCCO-TV News speaks with NORAD Commander, Admiral Winnefeld, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [66]
2010 CBC News Story - CBC News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [67]
2010 CTV News Story - CTV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [68]
2010 Global News Story - Global News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [69]
2010 MSNBC News Story - MSNBC News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [70]
2010 KING-TV News Story - KING-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [71]
2010 KSAZ-TV News Story - KSAZ-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [72]
2010 KTIV-TV News Story - KTIV-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [73]
2010 KTVU-TV News Story - KVVU-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [74]
2010 KVVU-TV News Story - KVVU-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [75]
2010 WBMA-TV News Story - WBMA-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [76]
2010 WSAW-TV News Story - WSAW-TV News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [77]
2010 WJAR-TV News Story - WJAR-TV News speaks with US NORTHCOM Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Frank Grass about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [78]
2010 KFBK-AM News Story - KFBK-AM News speaks with Major Mike Humphreys of NORAD Public Affairs, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 (Audio) [79]
2010 WCBS-TV News Story - WCBS-TV News speaks with Major Mike Humphreys of NORAD Public Affairs, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [80]
2010 WFTX-TV News Story - WFTX-TV News speaks with Major Mike Humphreys of NORAD Public Affairs, about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2010 [81]


2009

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Santa Claus visited Peterson AFB, Colorado on December 16 - 17, 2009 for his December 17, 2009 NORAD pre-mission brief in preparation for Christmas Eve 2009.
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2009 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by Kelly Rippa [82]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by General Renaurt, Commander of NORAD [83]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Holiday Message by Santa Claus [84]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [85]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Video Interview with Colonel(Retired) Harry Shoup [86]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center [87]
2009 NORAD Tracks Santa - Santa Claus Pre-Brief on December 17, 2009 at Peterson AFB, Colorado. (Note - Covered in a news article in the Dec 17, 2009 issue of The Gazette of Colorado Springs.[3]) [88]
2009 KRQE News Story - KRQE News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Gene Renaurt about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2009 [89]
2009 WHNS News Story - A Fox Carolina reporter in Greenville, S.C. speaks with NORAD Commander, General Gene Renaurt about how NORAD is tracking Santa Claus' journey to deliver toys to children all over the world on December 24, 2009 [90]
2009 CBC News Story - CBC News speaks with NORAD Deputy Commander, Lt. Gen. Marcel Duval, Canadian Forces about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2009 [91]
2009 Weather Channel News Story - Weather Channel speaks with Lt. Commander Gary Ross of NORAD about NORAD tracking Santa Claus' movement around the world on December 24, 2009 [92]
2009 OnStar Video News Release - OnStar's Partnership with Santa and the NORAD Tracks Santa Program [93]


2008

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50th Anniversary of NORAD's involvement (from NORAD's founding on May 12, 1958) in supporting the NORAD Tracks Santa Program[4]


2008 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2008 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [94]
2008 Sky News Story - Sky News speaks with NORAD Commander, General Gene Renaurt about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2008 [5] [95]
2008 CBS News Story - Harry Smith speaks with NORAD Commander, General Gene Renaurt about the NORAD Tracking Santa effort on December 24, 2008 [96]
2008 BBC News Story - Interview with Brian McClendon, Engineering Director for Google Earth and Google Maps on NORAD Tracks Santa and Google in December 2008 [6] [97]


2007

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2007 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2007 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [98]
2007 BBC News Story - RAF Fylingdales Radar Station Assists NORAD in Tracking Santa in December 2007 [7] [99]
July 25, 2010 Broadcast of a July 16, 2010 Interview with Major Stacia Reddish on the 2007 NORAD Tracks Santa Program [8] [100]


2006

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2006 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2006 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [101]
December 21, 2006 Podcast Interview with Aviation Weekly on the Web (AVWeb) with Major Stacia Reddish on the NORAD Tracks Santa Program [9] [102]


2005

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50th Anniversary of NORAD Tracks Santa


2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2005 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer - 60 Seconds [103]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer - 30 Seconds [104]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 1 [105]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 2 [106]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 3 [107]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 4 [108]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 5 [109]
2005 NORAD Tracks Santa - November 2005 - Systems Are Go - Part 6 [110]
2005 MSNBC Cosmic Log - Santa Tracking Season - Colonel(Retired) Shoup Interview of November 28, 2005 by Alan Boyle [10] [111]
2005 Around the Air Force News Story - NORAD Tracking Santa - December 2005 by TSgt Joy Josephson [112]


The 2005 NORAD Tracks Santa "Systems Are Go" video clips were part of a test conducted on November 27, 2005 which tracked Santa Claus (Mr. Kringle) from the North Pole to Hollywood, California for the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.[11] [12]


2004

50th Season of NORAD Tracks Santa

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2004 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2004 NORAD Tracks Santa Trailer [113]
2004 ScienCentral News Story - Major Douglas Martin, Chief, Santa Tracking Operations, NORAD interviewed by Joyce Gramza for the 50th tracking season of NORAD Tracks Santa in December 2004. [13] [114]


2002

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2002 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2002 NORAD Tracks Santa Preview - New York, New York from December 2001 [115]


2001

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2001 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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2001 CBC News Story - NORAD Tracks Santa of December 24, 2001 [14] [116]


1998

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1998 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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1998 BBC News Story - NORAD Tracks Santa on the Internet on December 24, 1998 by Sue Nelson [15] [117]
1998 BBC News Story - NORAD Tracks Santa on the Internet on December 24, 1998 - Origination of the NORAD Tracks Santa program in 1955 - Story by Major Jamie Robertson of NORAD (Audio) [15] [118]


1965

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1965 NORAD Tracks Santa - Other Videos
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1965 CBC News Story - NORAD Tracks Santa on December 24, 1965 - "Holly and Frosty Squadrons, this is Christmas Control" [16] [119]


References

  1. "NORAD Visits the NYSE and Prepares to Track Santa, Dec 17, 2010, NORAD Public Affairs" (in en). NORAD. http://www.norad.mil/News/2010/121710.html. Retrieved 2010-12-19. 
  2. "Jacksonville teen pinpointing Santa's whereabouts by Amanda Goodman, WNCT-TV, 24 Dec 2010" (in en). WNCT-TV. http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/dec/24/youtube-jacksonville-teen-pinpointing-santas-where-ar-643438/. Retrieved 2010-12-25. 
  3. "NORAD gears up for Santa mission, Dec 17, 2009, by Lane Benzel, The Gazette (Colorado Springs)" (in en). The Gazette (Colorado Springs). http://www.gazette.com/articles/nation-90993-charge-norad.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  4. "NORAD prepares for 50th year tracking Santa, Dec 18, 2008 by Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service" (in en). American Forces Press Service. http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123128821. Retrieved 2008-12-31. 
  5. "US Missile Agency Tracks Santa, Dec 24, 2008 by Sky News" (in en). Sky News. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Santa-Tracker-Website-Helps-Children-Keep-Track-Of-Children/Article/200812415193030. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  6. "BBC News - Hi-tech helps track Santa Claus, December 24, 2008" (in en). BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792256.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  7. "BBC News - RAF Tracking Santa Claus, Dec 17, 2007" (in en). BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7140000/newsid_7148200/7148270.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  8. "Podcast354: Behind the Curtain of the NORAD Tracks Santa Program - MAJ Stacia Reddish on 16 July 2010 at Camp Alexander" (in en). www.speedofcreativity.org. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/07/25/podcast354-behind-the-curtain-of-the-norad-tracks-santa-program/2. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  9. "Friday Podcast on 21 December 2006: Major Stacia Reddish Explains How NORAD Tracks Santa Every Christmas Eve" (in en). AVWeb. http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast/194060-1.html. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  10. "MSNBC Cosmic Log: Nov 26, 2005 - Dec. 2, 2005 - Cosmic Log - Santa Tracking Season, Nov 28, 2005 by Alan Boyle" (in en). msnbc.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10242485/ns/technology_and_science-science/. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  11. "NORAD Tracks Movement Near North Pole, Dec 23, 2005 by John Stith" (in en). WebProNews. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2005/12/23/norad-tracks-movement-near-north-pole. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  12. "NORAD Tracks Santa 2005 - Systems Are Go, Dec 2005 by NORAD Tracks Santa" (in en). NORAD. http://web.archive.org/web/20051220094405/www.noradsanta.org/en/systems_go.php. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  13. "Maj. Douglas Martin, Chief, Santa Tracking Operations, NORAD interviewed by Joyce Gramza for the 50th tracking season of NORAD Tracks Santa in December 2004, in article ‘Tracking Santa 2004’ December 2004 by Karen Lurie" (in en). ScienCentral. http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=&article_id=218392438. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  14. "NORAD Tracks Santa on Christmas Eve, Dec 24, 2001 by CBC" (in en). CBC. http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/clips/10477/. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Sci/Tech: Satellites track Santa, Dec 24, 1998 by Sue Nelson" (in en). BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/241481.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  16. "'Holly and Frosty Squadrons, this is Christmas Control', Broadcast on January 1, 1966 by CBC" (in en). CBC. http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/defence/topics/1552-10479/. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 

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