NORAD’s Santa Tracker, the beloved decades-old tradition of virtually following Santa Claus as he delivers gifts to children around the world, returns Christmas Eve for its 69th year.

As it does every year, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, tracked Santa on his trip around the world on Christmas Eve so children and families could see where he was.

NORAD's official Santa tracker allows families to follow Santa Claus on his journey this Christmas Eve.

Santa will soon be making his journey around the world to make sure gifts are under trees Christmas morning. Follow the Santa NORAD tracker here.

While Google's Santa Tracker is live well before Christmas Eve, Norad only begins on 24 December each year – with many millions of people waiting in great anticipation.

Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about Santa’s location. Millions more follow online in nine languages, from English to Japanese.

Santa and his reindeer have wrapped up their Christmas journey for 2023 after delivering more than 7.8 billion gifts, according to NORAD's Santa Tracker.

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NORAD’s Santa Tracker, the beloved decades-old tradition of virtually following Santa Claus as he delivers gifts to children around the world, returns Christmas Eve for its 69th year.