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How a wrong phone call turned into NORAD’s global Santa tracker tradition every Christmas Eve
1 day, 4 hours ago

How a wrong phone call turned into NORAD’s global Santa tracker tradition every Christmas Eve

Hindustan Times  

Millions of children every Christmas Eve eagerly await updates on Santa Claus as he embarks on his magical journey, delivering gifts across the globe. A misprinted phone number in 1955 sparked the creation of NORAD’s Santa tracker. Today, NORAD’s Santa Tracker uses cutting-edge technology, including satellite imagery, GPS, and even social media, to share Santa’s progress. NORAD takes its role …

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Commentary: Do we believe in elves? Of course! Otherwise we’d miss out on the magic
2 days, 17 hours ago

Commentary: Do we believe in elves? Of course! Otherwise we’d miss out on the magic

LA Times  

We all buy into a suspension of disbelief in certain areas of our lives. The daily surprise is their real purpose: One morning a girl might awaken to see the elf nestled next to her bed; another day a boy might find his household’s elf ensconced in the kitchen in the midst of making pancakes. For years at a Catholic …

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NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids
3 days, 23 hours ago

NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on federal funding negotiations as a government shutdown looms. “When a childish voice asked COC commander Col. Harry Shoup, if there was a Santa Claus at the North Pole, he answered much more roughly than he should — considering the season: ‘There may be a guy called Santa Claus at the North Pole, but he’s not …

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What happened to the orphaned children of Santa Claus: The Movie and what do they look like now?
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4 days, 23 hours ago

What happened to the orphaned children of Santa Claus: The Movie and what do they look like now?

Daily Mail  

Santa Claus: The Movie is an iconic 80s Christmas classic that has stood the test of time. With Carrie Kei Heim starring as Cornelia and Christian Fitzpatrick as Joe, the holiday production saw some of the most talented child acting in the 80s. Santa Claus: The Movie is an iconic 80s Christmas classic that has stood the test of time …

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The right age to tell your children the truth about Santa, according to experts
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5 days, 6 hours ago

The right age to tell your children the truth about Santa, according to experts

The Independent  

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The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?
5 days, 11 hours ago

The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?

The Independent  

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From tragic deaths to incurable illnesses and unexpected career U-turns... what happened to the cast of Santa Claus: The Movie?
5 days, 18 hours ago

From tragic deaths to incurable illnesses and unexpected career U-turns... what happened to the cast of Santa Claus: The Movie?

Daily Mail  

Santa Claus: The Movie is the beloved 80s Christmas classic that brought families together on the couch for decades. Santa Claus: The Movie is the beloved 80s Christmas classic that brought families together on the couch for decades But after nearly four decades following its debut, some of the beloved cast are no longer gracing TV screens and have either …

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US-Canadian military agency 'tracks' Santa Claus on Christmas for 68th year
11 months, 4 weeks ago

US-Canadian military agency 'tracks' Santa Claus on Christmas for 68th year

Hindustan Times  

The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long Christmas tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town. The Santa tracker presented by the North American Aerospace Defense Command dates to 1955, when a Colorado newspaper To avoid disappointing the little ones, NORAD's director of operations …

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US-Canada military 'tracks' Santa Claus to help kids with his location for 68th year
11 months, 4 weeks ago

US-Canada military 'tracks' Santa Claus to help kids with his location for 68th year

India Today  

The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long Christmas tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town. The Santa tracker presented by the North American Aerospace Defense Command dates to 1955, when a Colorado newspaper To avoid disappointing the little ones, NORAD's director of operations …

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Dead mall, live Santa: A rookie St. Nick steps in at shopping center from ‘Back to the Future’
1 year ago

Dead mall, live Santa: A rookie St. Nick steps in at shopping center from ‘Back to the Future’

LA Times  

Christmas was coming, and Santa Claus was trying to pump some life into a dying American mall. The scene at Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, best known as the Twin Pines Mall from the 1985 movie “Back to the Future,” was not exactly merry. Who knows how long this mall’s gonna last.” Elizabeth Rodriguez-Alvarado, who owns Tinseltown Holiday …

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Christmas 2022: Who Is Santa Claus? History, Legend and Facts; Click Here to Track Santa Claus
2 years ago

Christmas 2022: Who Is Santa Claus? History, Legend and Facts; Click Here to Track Santa Claus

News 18  

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022: Santa Claus, whom children have always been eagerly waiting for during Christmas, is the most adorable and iconic figure. This stout, red-suited, cheerful man brings so much joy and happiness riding in the ‘one horse open sleigh’ drawn by 8 reindeers, ushering in optimism and gifts on Christmas Eve. As per the legends, Santa is a jolly …

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Madhya Pradesh: VHP asks schools not to force Hindu children to dress up as Santa Claus
2 years ago

Madhya Pradesh: VHP asks schools not to force Hindu children to dress up as Santa Claus

India TV News  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday asked schools to not make Hindu students dress up as Santa Claus this Christmas in Madhya Pradesh. "Our Hindu children should become Ram, become Krishna, become Buddha, Gautam, become Mahavir, become Guru Govind Singh, all these should become, become revolutionary, and become great men, but should not become Santa," the outfit said. "Therefore, all …

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Merry Christmas 2022: Check out these Christmas traditions from around the world
2 years ago

Merry Christmas 2022: Check out these Christmas traditions from around the world

Hindustan Times  

Every year on December 25, various celebrations are held by the Christian community across India and the world, to mark the birth of Jesus Christ and Christmas is referred to as Yuletide in Germany, Navidad in Spanish, Natale in Italian, and Noël in French. According to the New Testament, Jesus was born in Bethlehem to Joseph and Mary and the …

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Christmas in The Big Apple 120 years ago
3 years ago

Christmas in The Big Apple 120 years ago

Daily Mail  

This fascinating series of vintage photographs shows how New Yorkers were preparing for Christmas over a hundred years ago. Pictured: A crowd gathers in Madison Square Park off 5th Avenue where, in 1912, it is reported the United States' first public Christmas tree lighting ceremony took place in December of 1912 The pictures - taken between 1900 and 1915 - …

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Watch: Santa Claus distributes gifts to children in Peru hospital by getting on firefighters’ ladder
3 years ago

Watch: Santa Claus distributes gifts to children in Peru hospital by getting on firefighters’ ladder

Firstpost  

People were surprised to see a Santa taking help from local firefighter in Lima and giving presents to children through the window as they were stuck in a hospital amid the festive season As Christmas is around the corner people across the world are preparing for the big day and also buying gifts for their loved ones. Recently, little children …

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Why Do Italian Priests Have a Vendetta Against Santa Claus?
54 years, 11 months ago

Why Do Italian Priests Have a Vendetta Against Santa Claus?

Slate  

A New York Times article published this week begins with a superb piece of holiday theatricality. Wide-eyed children were attending Mass at a cavernous and ornate Baroque-style basilica in Sicily, and a Roman Catholic bishop was launching a crusade: “ ‘Santa Claus,’ thundered Bishop Antonio Staglianò, ‘is an imaginary character.’ ” In the speech last week, the bishop of Noto …

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'Santa Doesn't Exist, Red Costume Created by Coca Cola': Italian Priest Says Sorry for 'Dashing Kids' Dreams'
3 years ago

'Santa Doesn't Exist, Red Costume Created by Coca Cola': Italian Priest Says Sorry for 'Dashing Kids' Dreams'

News 18  

A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Facebook post and subsequent comments Friday, the diocese of Noto insisted that Bishop Antonio Stagliano didn’t mean to dash the dreams of the youngsters two weeks before Christmas. Italian news reports quoted Stagliano as …

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No, ho, ho, ho: Italy bishop tells children Santa Claus doesn't exist
3 years ago

No, ho, ho, ho: Italy bishop tells children Santa Claus doesn't exist

Firstpost  

The Catholic diocese in Sicily apologised to outraged parents insisting that Bishop Antonio Stagliano didn’t mean to dash the dreams of the youngsters two weeks before Christmas Rome: A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologised to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Facebook post and subsequent comments Friday, …

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US Military is Tracking Santa Claus and He's On His Way to Deliver Gifts Despite Covid-19
3 years, 11 months ago

US Military is Tracking Santa Claus and He's On His Way to Deliver Gifts Despite Covid-19

News 18  

The U.S. military is tracking an elderly man with a white beard and a large belly who goes by the name of Saint Nicholas. But this year, officers at the base are making sure the coronavirus pandemic won’t sideline Santa Claus and his reindeer from, as the storybooks say, delivering gifts to children around the world. I’m one hundred percent …

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Contactless Greetings: Santa Claus isn't Coming to Town this Christmas, But You Can Meet Him Online
4 years ago

Contactless Greetings: Santa Claus isn't Coming to Town this Christmas, But You Can Meet Him Online

News 18  

“I’m not fooling around with the pandemic,” said Joe Harkins, an 87-year-old Santa from Jersey City, New Jersey. It’s just too risky.” Harkins, like many of his brothers-in-red, as many Santas refer to each other, has taken his winter gig online, opting to swap in-person visits for virtual ones. “If you’re in a mall where there’s a big line of …

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In Pandemic and Recession, Santa Claus Gifts Bread and Clothes to Poor Venezuelan Kids
4 years ago

In Pandemic and Recession, Santa Claus Gifts Bread and Clothes to Poor Venezuelan Kids

News 18  

Santa Claus walked the streets of the outskirts of Venezuela’s capital Caracas this weekend, giving children gifts ranging from bread to clothes at a time when the country is struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic collapse. The non-profit group Santa in the Streets, which for 14 years has received donations of clothing and toys and given them to …

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Mumbai man dressed as Santa Claus distributes face masks to spread awareness
4 years ago

Mumbai man dressed as Santa Claus distributes face masks to spread awareness

India Today  

In the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a man dressed as Santa Claus distributed face masks and carried out a sanitation drive in Mumbai to spread awareness on Thursday. Ashok Kurmi, dressed as Santa Claus, was spotted in the Rani Lakshmi Chowk area distributing masks to pedestrians and passengers travelling via public transport. "I used to celebrate Christmas every …

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The 50 best Christmas songs of the last 50 years
4 years ago

The 50 best Christmas songs of the last 50 years

LA Times  

Christmas music is a nostalgia trip. Poly Styrene, “Black Christmas” “I’m dreaming of a black black Christmas/Black smoke glows against a midnight sky…A child is born on Christmas Day/But they crucified him anyway.” The bleakest Christmas song ever written? Los Lobos, “Llegó Navidad” In 2019, East L.A.’s — or, maybe, America’s — finest rock ‘n’ roll band released “Llegó Navidad”, …

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