Posted on 12/06/2014 1:20:25 PM PST by SandRat
NORAD needs to be tracking AF1 and the Anti-Christ....
Leaving China with all his toys and goodies ....
"This NORAD, can you repeat that request?"
"I said blow that white-privileged fatman out of the sky or I'll..."
I wish I could answer the kids calls too there.
Watching Santa on NORAD is a holiday tradition for me.
Hahahahahahahah!!!!!!
Oh...and almost ALL of the costs are paid for by corporate sponsors...NOT the government.
I love that NORAD does this.
*** The North American Aerospace Defense Commands NORAD Tracks Santa ***
I HATE THIS! Back in 1962, we had just had the Cuban Missile crisis and we were all on edge.
That Christmas eve, while watching TV there was a sudden “BREAKING NEWS!” FLASH on the TV that NORAD had picked up something coming over from the arctic! The pucker factor kicked in!
We all gathered around! Was this IT! Were the Russians attacking? sweat began to pop out.
Then the TV showed a poor quality Santa in a sleigh with cotton clouds passing over him.
We were MAD, because of the fear it instilled in us at that time. We were RELIEVED that it was just the Santa joke.
I still hate this every Christmas eve.
*** The North American Aerospace Defense Commands NORAD Tracks Santa ***
I HATE THIS! Back in 1962, we had just had the Cuban Missile crisis and we were all on edge.
That Christmas eve, while watching TV there was a sudden “BREAKING NEWS!” FLASH on the TV that NORAD had picked up something coming over from the arctic! The pucker factor kicked in!
We all gathered around! Was this IT! Were the Russians attacking? sweat began to pop out.
Then the TV showed a poor quality Santa in a sleigh with cotton clouds passing over him.
We were MAD, because of the fear it instilled in us at that time. We were RELIEVED that it was just the Santa joke.
I still hate this every Christmas eve.
SEE! SEE how this made me double post! I hate it! HATE IT!
For all we know it might be Al Quida or ISIS flying planes toward the US!
We had a controller at NORAD who was a newbie and it was her first time generating a “track” for Santa. She was from Romanian and didn’t understand what was going on. She thought we were the weirdest people for doing this. As a kid I always waited for NORAD to track Santa and I found myself involved with it. Gotta say, it was one of the coolest things to participate in. We knew there were countless kids rushing to bed as we announced Santa was coming and they had better be asleep when he got there.
Saw that same Santa and it was low quality.
I was in the second grade then and living on a SAC Base with a bunch of B-52s.
All us kids had to bring in blankets and pillows that were stored in the utility tunnels under the school. Each classroom had an access hatch in the floor.
At the practice alarm the teacher would open the hatch, drop her chair in and all the students would pile in. She would keep it cracked open with a book until the all clear was given.
Funny - it didn’t give any of us PTSD and we didn’t need counseling.
I need win8.1 for the app. Dang.
Better round up all the stinking moooslims first, so that they can’t grab a shoulder-fired SAM, as they did off Long Island Sound!
We’ve used the NORAD Santa tracking site with my nephew and family friends’ children over the years. It’s fun as there are games to play, etc., but it can be an aid to parents and grandparents trying to get excited kids to bed. Since we live in the Seattle area, we’d say something like, Wow, Santa is in Montana, you better hurry and get to bed as Santa won’t come until you’re asleep :-)
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!
Best,
SC
Here’s a direct link to the NORAD Santa tracking site:
http://www.noradsanta.org/?utm_source=PR%20Blog&utm_medium=PR&utm_content=Exploring%20IE%20Blog%20Post&utm_campaign=NORAD2014
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