Depending on your age and continent, you might be aware that each year NORAD tracks Santa, keeping the children of the United States and Canada updated on his movements. The story of how this came to be, which really sounds like it should be a Christmas movie , has its own fame, but remains less well-known. While Hollywood gets its act together, you can make do with our account. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

First, for non-Americans, what is NORAD's Santa Tracker ?

As the Cold War began, the US government built a comprehensive observation system to look out for Soviet missiles that might be sneaking up on them. Back when good neighborliness, not threats, characterized the relationship across the world’s longest

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