Santa Claus made his annual trip from the North Pole on Christmas Eve to deliver presents to children all over the world. And like it does every year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command ...

Households can also sign up for phone updates from the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center. They can call 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) to talk to a NORAD operator who knows Santa's exact location.

In the pre-digital age, the agency used a 60-by-80 foot plexiglass map of North America to track unidentified objects. A staff member jokingly drew Santa and his sleigh over the North Pole.

The map tracking Santa's trip around the world began Dec. 24, Christmas Eve from NORAD, a joint U.S.-Canada command responsible for protecting the skies over both nations.

You can travel around the world today for 24 hours, and it would still be Dec. 24. That's because one world day on this date lasts for 24 hours and 0.4481 milliseconds, according to TimeandDate.com.

What is the NORAD Santa Tracker? The map will be tracking Santa's trip around the world. NORAD is a joint U.S.-Canada command responsible for protecting the skies over both nations. Need a break?

Starting at 4 a.m. Eastern on Dec. 24, NORAD began tracking Santa with updates from around the world. Click here to visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website.

The official NORAD Santa Tracker Facebook page explained that they were having some technical difficulties with the site. After nearly an hour, everything had been sorted out and the map was live.

It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to households around the world. In keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace ...