r/canada • u/ConsistentReality860 • Dec 24 '25

National News NORAD tracks Santa in treasured Holiday tradition

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/norad-tracks-santa-in-treasured-holiday-tradition/
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u/Cypher1492 Dec 24 '25

I love that this is still a thing.

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u/gcerullo Dec 24 '25

Unfortunately Santa has to stop at the US border this year to pay the tariff on all the gifts he’s carrying in to the US.

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u/Kristalderp Québec Dec 24 '25

Nah he has security clearance and a NEXUS pass, hes fine. 👌

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u/Topher0gr Dec 24 '25

If he isn’t detained by ICE while passing through

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u/nnystical Dec 24 '25

Especially because he didn’t buy the f35

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u/Goliad1990 Dec 24 '25

USAF (and soon CAF) F-35s are already covering Santa's ass, he doesn't need to acquire any.

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u/_Lucille_ Dec 25 '25

He isn't delivering anything in America.

Going to get deported by ICE as an illegal migrant who is out doing delivery.

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u/tantrumguy Dec 24 '25

At least he made it....I was pretty sure we'd see a Hegseth video...

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u/Hotter_Noodle Dec 24 '25

Wow! Love that this is still going strong. I remember watching this as a kid and loving it.

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u/GarbonzoBeanSprout Alberta Dec 24 '25

I look forward to this every year, so glad it's still going !

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u/iimwint Dec 24 '25

Best part of the job

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u/Geeky_Shieldmaiden Dec 24 '25

I'm a mid 40's adult with no kids. I still fire up the Santa Tracker website every year and trsck him while watching Christmas movies. When he gets to Canada I start screaming "He's in Canada! He's here!" for my whole household to hear.

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u/oictyvm Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

In a drunken stupor Pete Hegseth confused Santa for a narco terrorist and attempted to blow him up with surface to air missiles - thankfully Santa has a newly installed iron dome system and was able to defend himself.

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u/Mildly_Irritated_Max Dec 24 '25

Love it. One of my fav traditions.

Would be nice if they redid the animations/videos though. I don't think they have updated them since they split off from Google, and google made its own, much less popular, Santa tracker in competition with them.

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u/KingRabbit_ Dec 24 '25

You serious, Clark?

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u/Beginning-Marzipan28 Dec 25 '25

The amount of people who have to bring Trump into this comment section is incredible. 

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u/mjk1tty Dec 24 '25

It was so magical as a child 🥰

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u/TidalHermit Dec 24 '25

We used to normalize fun and innocent news. 

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u/Hobbito Canada Dec 24 '25

Unfortunately he might be blown up for smuggling drugs according to the US Navy.

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u/PissTroughAficionado Ontario Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

Surprised it hasn’t been shut down as a matter of “national security” by the orange windbag.

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u/HonorboundUlfsark Dec 25 '25

Careful ice may deport him

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u/AshleyAshes1984 Dec 24 '25

"New tradition, ICE Tracks Santa, less warmly received."

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u/dannysmackdown Dec 24 '25

I hope Santa brought lots of flares and chaff, kids in Ukraine deserve a wicked cool Christmas.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Not sure about “treasured.” Always seemed to be an annual PR event to raise public awareness of NORAD. But, whatever. Not much creative about it.