Follow Santa's journey on Christmas Eve with OnStar and NORAD Santa Tracker
December 4, 2012 by OnStar Admin
Follow Santa’s Journey on Christmas Eve
OnStar subscribers will be able to follow Santa’s journey around the globe on Christmas Eve with a push of their blue OnStar button.
Thanks to a special partnership with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), OnStar subscribers can follow the jolly old elf’s journey beginning on Christmas Eve at 7 a.m. through 5 a.m. EST Christmas morning. If you don’t have an OnStar subscription, you can call 877-HI-NORAD (877-446-6723) or visit NORAD Santa Tracker to check Santa’s progress.
NORAD — a joint U.S.-Canada organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America — has been undertaking this operation ever since Christmas Eve 1955, when a young girl called the number for Santa Claus listed in a department store advertisement in the local paper. Turns out the number had been misprinted and instead of the store, she reached the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center (CONAD) hotline in Colorado Springs.
The colonel on duty that magical night ended up not only taking numerous calls from kids wanting to know how close Santa was getting, he had his operators find Santa’s location and relay the information to every child who called. And a tradition was born.
Today, NORAD tracks Santa’s journey through infrared satellite systems, high-powered radars and jet fighters. Plus Santa’s sleigh is equipped with OnStar, so he can find all the houses of the good little boys and girls via OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation. And, if he needs to take a call from Mrs. Claus, he uses OnStar Hands-Free Calling, so he can keep his eyes on the sky and his hands on the sleigh reins.
Be sure to track Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve. Just push your OnStar button. And don’t forget to leave out some milk and cookies for him — and maybe a carrot or two for the reindeer.
Do you keep track of Santa’s journey every year? Tell us your Christmas Eve traditions in the comments below.
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My kids are older now so no, but they are doing this with their children, so yes a new tradition has been born in our family.
Just push your onstar button!!
Just push your OnStar button to track Santa
Take a drive Christmas Eve and push the OnStar button so your little one can look up in the sky and watch for Santa to fly by!
Hit the blue OnStar button on your mirror!!!!
Simply push the blue OnStar button and ask the advisor to help find Santa.
Push the Big Round Blue OnStar Button on the Mirror
Just push the blue onstar button.
Push the blue button and ask for a Santa update.
Simply push your blue OnStar button and track Santa!
Push the OnStar button!
Just push the blue button starting at 7a christmas eve!!
Push the OnStar button!!
Press the blue OnStar button!
Press the blue button and ask to track Santa
Click the blue onstar button to track Santa.
On Christmas Eve starting at 7am EST until Christmas Day at 5am EST just push your BLUE ONSTAR button! What a great tradition to start… this is exciting and I can’t wait to take part in it!! :)
You can push the blue Onstar button starting on Christmas Eve to follow Santa’s progress.
with your OnStar button. the kids can get all the information on Santa’s flight.
Thanks to everyone who posted!
The giveaway is now closed.
The following people will receive a NORAD prize pack:
1. Christi Hulet
2. Thomas Ticknor
3. Mitch Figert
4. Cheri Spintig
5. Hunter Boyd
6. Victoria ‘Garcia’ Jimenez
7. Don Anderson
8. Marsha Terry
9. Mark Murphy
10. Hillary Tromp
11. Trevor Baulo
12. Lovinia Smith Bennett
13. Jeanie Swain
14. Kelli Melinda S
15. DuWayne Skoglund
Look for an email coming with more information on how to receive your swag!
Yes we do. My son is 7 and Autistic. He loves tracing Santa every year. I always do it on my computer cause I have never had onstar. This year I am so excited while we travel Christmas eve we can track Santa in the car.
He jsut asked me today if we could track him . My son can’t wait. This is going to be exciting for him.
Thanks Onstar for making a 7 year old very happy this Christmas!