“A chubby man with a white beard and a red suit will approach you soon. Avoid him. He's a Commie.”

On Christmas Eve, Bunny and I attended a Christmas Party thrown by one of her friends. At the party, the kids were all excited that NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) was giving real time updates to his location [1]. I for one, had never heard of this, and I found it fascinating that NORAD even did this (but really, given the title to this post, maybe it's not all that far-fetched).

Even more amazing, they've been doing this since 1955 [2] all because of a newspaper misprint …

[1] http://www.noradsanta.org/

[2] http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2008/12/were-norad-we-dont-lose-track-of-santa.html

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