The North American Aerospace Protection Command defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a 12 months.

However on Christmas Eve, its mission modifications: monitoring Santa Claus as he delivers presents world wide.

For these trying to hold tabs on the massive man, or just plan forward to Christmas Eve, this is what to know in regards to the NORAD and Google’s Santa trackers.

NORAD is monitoring Santa’s travels in 2024

The NORAD Santa tracker went reside on Dec. 1.

It options Santa’s Village within the North Police, vacation video games and music.

The web site is obtainable in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian ,Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese language and Korean.

There’s additionally an app, accessible in Apple App and Google Play shops. The tracker can be accessible on Fb, Instagram, YouTube and X, NORAD mentioned.

Santa’s tracker will start Christmas Eve from 4 a.m. to midnight MST.

Trackers worldwide can even name 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) on Dec. 24 to ask reside operators about Santa’s location from 6 a.m. to midnight MST.

When does Google’s Santa tracker go reside?

Google’s Santa tracker goes reside on Dec. 24.

The web site is up and options, for now, holiday-themed video games.

It additionally accommodates a countdown clock to when the characteristic goes reside.