My favorite activity on Christmas Eve day is to play with NORAD. This site is wonderful for tracking Santa and his course across the world. This all started in 1955, with a misprint in a Colorado Springs newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret hotline at the Continental Air Defense Command, now known as NORAD. What is NORAD? It is a military operation that can track any kind of missile coming toward the United States. In the 1950's this department of the military was created to keep the United States from being bombed by another country with possibly an atomic bomb. From this department came the idea that if they could track missiles, then they could track Santa, and that is what they have been doing ever since. Go to this site: https://www.noradsanta.org on Christmas Eve and watch for yourself. There are lots of activities to do while you are waiting and I guarantee you will be the favorite brother or sister or cousin in your whole family! Make sure you visit all the activities on the NORAD site, it really is pretty cool!
Merry Christmas to you all and have a very fun, restful, exciting time. I'll see you January 2nd! I know you'll miss seeing me everyday, but what can I say?
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Mrs. TaylorI love science! Everything about the world is interesting and never boring. I love to study plants, animals, insects, and people. My favorite subjects are my students who are the most unique organisms on the planet! Categories |