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Colorado woman recalls phone call that transformed father into NORAD's "Santa Colonel"
It all started with one phone call. In 1955, 6-year-old Terri Shoup ... "And this little voice said, 'Is this Santa Claus?'" Van Keuren recalled from that night. "Dad said, 'This is Col.
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NORAD's Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids
Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time.
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Oops! A wrong number call helped to track Santa who goes delivering gifts to children every Christmas
The tradition of tracking Santa Claus began accidentally in 1955, when a misprinted phone number in a Sears ad directed calls to CONAD. Colonel Shoup improvised, giving children Santa updates.
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Where's Santa? Follow his route on the NORAD tracker as he travels around the world
“Santa Claus Friday was assured safe passage into ... while noting that Shoup had a flair for public relations.Phone calls aside, Shoup was indeed media savvy. In 1986, he told the Scripps ...