Where is Santa? How to use the NORAD Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve 2024

Charles Curtis

December 24, 2024 at 7:53 a.m.·1 min read

Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, greets as he departs for his long Christmas journey from the Santa's Village at the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Jouni Porsanger / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT (Photo by JOUNI PORSANGER/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2190611350

It's Christmas Eve 2024, and so if you're trying to find out where Santa Claus is in the world, NORAD -- that's the North American Aerospace Defense Command -- is here as usual to help you out.

NORAD has a specific website with its annual Santa Tracker: it's at NoradSanta.org, and it comes with a phone number too (877 HI-NORAD). And here's the handy link to their live camera that shows where he and his reindeer are in the world, along with the growing number of gifts he delivers.

There you go! Happy holidays and enjoy. And if you need some history of why NORAD does this, here's a video with that answer:

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