Santa Claus is coming to town in just a few days time and bringing with him Christmas presents and gifts galore.
There are only three sleeps until children and adults around the world will be setting out Christmas stockings and sacks in the hope that they will be filled with presents come the morning.
While children wait excitedly at home for Santa to arrive, Father Christmas and his reindeer have an estimated 510,000,000 km to travel in order to visit every home on his list – a number which would mean he would have to drop in on 390,000 homes per minute.
With a sleigh travelling at that speed, it would be impossible to spot it moving across the sky, but luckily there are other ways to keep an eye on Santa’s progress this Christmas.
How to track Santa Claus this Christmas
Every year, as Santa sets off on his sleigh from Lapland, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) track his journey across the world on December 24, Christmas Eve.
NORAD usually monitors aerospace in event of nuclear attack, but over the last 60 years the American organisation has tipped their Santa hats to sharing the whereabouts of Father Christmas as a bit of festive fun over the holidays.
Those wishing to watch Santa’s journey across the world this Christmas and monitor his progress can do so via the NORAD Santa website, where a digital Santa on his sleigh pulled by reindeer traverses a 3D map of the world for 24 hours in the build up to Christmas Day.
Google also have their own Santa tracker which launches on December 24 and lets you track Santa Claus. Their website santatracker.google.com currently has an array of fun games and activities for children to play in the build up to Christmas Eve, before their annual Santa tracker launches.
Where is Santa right now?
With only a few days to go until Christmas, it’s more than likely that Santa is in Lapland, making sure the elves are putting the final touches to the billions of gifts he has to deliver and readying his reindeer for their epic journey.
NORAD puts Santa as having been last seen at the North Pole, but as the sun sets on Christmas Eve on the other side of the world, Father Christmas will begin his journey by visiting the Republic of Kiribati, in the South Pacific, before travelling west around the globe.
New Zealand, Australia and Japan are his next stops before he journeys on through Asia and on to Africa before reaching Western Europe.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/21/where-is-santa-right-now-how-to-track-santa-claus-this-christmas-11919528/
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