Watch NORAD Santa tracker live – NBC New York

Kids of the world, tune in: Santa Claus is coming, and the North American Aerospace Protection Command is ensuring nothing sidelines Saint Nick’s world travels.

NORAD, the U.S. navy company liable for monitoring and defending the skies above North America, has as soon as once more launched its Santa tracker as Mr. Claus units off along with his reindeer from his hometown on the Arctic Circle and makes his first cease in Finland.

The Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company’s Santa monitoring service permits folks to observe his Christmas journey by its noradsanta.org web site, social media channels and cell app.

Every year, 150 to 160 volunteers crowd right into a convention room at Peterson Air Drive Base in Colorado Springs, taking two-hour shifts to reply the telephones as keen kids name to see if Santa and his sleigh have reached their rooftops.

Whereas some callers are in a position to get by to a member of the navy or different volunteer — possibly even the president, on some events — after they dial the NORAD Tracks Santa toll-free quantity, 1-877-Hello-NORAD (1-877-446-6723), others will get a recorded replace on Santa’s present location.