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Santa Claus Heading to Redondo Beach, NORAD Says

Santa Claus and his team of reindeer are on their way to California's Beach Cities, according to NORAD.

This article was reported and written by Carolyn Dube and Nicole Mooradian.

Santa Claus and his reindeer are on their way to Redondo Beach, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command

The jolly Christmas figure adored by children across the world has already visited many East Coast cities and is beginning his trip across the Midwest, NORAD's online map indicates.

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The tradition of tracking Santa Claus started in 1955 after an advertisement for Sears Roebuck & Co. misprinted a telephone number for a special "Santa hotline." Instead of reaching Kris Kringle, the number put kids through to the Continental Air Defense Command Commander-in-Chief’s operations, according to a description on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page, which has more than one million "likes."

In addition to keeping tabs on Santa's whereabouts, there is plenty to do on NORAD's Santa-tracking site. Check out Kids' Countdown Village, which has more than two dozen games for children to play.

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Not near a computer today? NORAD's Santa Tracker is mobile, too. Download the Android or iPhone app and let your kids track Santa from your phone.

Looking for additional ways to track Santa? Follow NORAD on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

Merry Christmas and have fun!

Editor's note: A version of this article was originally published Dec. 23, 2012.


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