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Annual NORAD Santa Tracker Up And Running

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gentleman-get-me-the-president-on-the-horn dept.

SumDeusExMachina writes: "NORAD is at it once again folks! You can track Santa as he travels across the globe via a nifty Real Media stream." Apparently, this guy has been making some changes up North, too, including stealth technology, so I hope the radar tracks.

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  1. Email I got. by MindStalker · · Score: 5, Troll
    I emailed the site owner this morning, saying.
    I have to ask? How many massive bong hits did you have before comming up with this site? Its great!

    and got the following reply.


    John,

    Santa's sled is powered by reindeer not 'bong hits' (whatever that is). Our technology is supplied by the incredibly complex NORAD tracking system, the website by STK and AOL.

    Keep checking out the website throughout the day .... Santa will be over Doak Campbell stadium in a few hours.

    Go 'Noles.

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Years

    Team NORAD


    They took the time to figure out I was from FSU area from my ip I guess. Very impresed :)

  2. Santa -- the Dark Side by fm6 · · Score: 1, Troll
    You know, Santa really bothers me. He's all about greed and acquisitiveness. He even managed to infiltrate my non-Christian upbringing in various nasty ways. I still shudder to think about it.

    I used to look down on Christmas, until I realized that Santa (the Coca Cola Santa, that is) had nothing to do with the traditional Christmas. I've come to appreciate Christmas as an excuse for generosity and fellowship, but I will never be reconciled with the selfishness and wastefulness the fat idiot in the trademark red suit represents.

    So I think a couple of quotes are in order. First, some dialog from Buffy:

    Willow: Santa always passes me by. Something puts him off. Could be the big honkin' menorah.
    Tara: Oh, did you write him a letter?
    Xander: What'd you ask for?
    Dawn: Um, guys? Hello? Puberty? Sorta figured out the whole "No Santa" thing.
    Anya: That's a myth.
    Dawn: Yeah.
    Anya: No, I mean, it's a myth that it's a myth. There is a Santa Claus.
    Xander: The advantage of having a thousand-year-old girlfriend. Inside scoop.
    Tara: There's a Santa Claus?
    Anya: Mm-hmm. Been around since, like, the 1500s. He wasn't always called Santa, but you know, Christmas night, flying reindeer, coming down the chimney -- all true.
    Dawn: All true?
    Anya: Well, he doesn't traditionally bring presents so much as, you know, disemboweled children, but otherwise...
    Tara: The reindeer part was nice.
    And we mustn't forget Neil Gaiman's reinterpretation of the basic Santa myth.