NORAD's Amazing 60-Year Santa Tracking History (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: The National Archive blog takes a look at the background of the nation's premier defense unit's 60 years of tracking of Santa as he travels around the globe delivering his Christmas goodies. Colonel Harry Shoup began the tradition in 1955, after receiving a phone call from a child expecting to reach Santa Claus. The misdirected call was the result of the child reversing two numbers of a Santa Line phone number printed in a Sears advertisement, according to the National Archives.

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You keep the Christ, We keep the Merry.

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

This whole winter solstice festival was observed by pagans before they were civilized by Gospel and the Christians. To placate them the early Christian church allowed them to Christianize their pagan winter solstice festival by weaving a story of Christ being born on Dec. It is blasphemous to continue to observe that pagan festival in the Year of Our Lord 2015.

Worse the liberals with the help of merchandise peddling corporations have infiltrated the government to the top levels. They even use the military to perpetuate the myth and indoctrinate the young kids into the myth of Christmas.

It is time we return to the original Christian roots of observing and celebrating the birth of our Savior. No gifts, no pagan trees. No drinking or making merry. We have to take the Merry out of the Merry Christmas and put Holy in it, not holly. Strict abstemious, pious prayers and mass is ALL that should be allowed on Christmas. They commercialized the sabbath, commercialized Christmas. They will commercialize the entire church canon if you let them.

Christians of the world, unite against the Merry in the Merry Christmas.

Of course, we, non Christians would be allowed to celebrate a winter Season festival, with all the drinking, making merry and exchanging gifts. Pious Christians, you keep the Christ, the rest of us keep the Merry and we call it a fair division.

Holy Christmas Greetings to Christians. Merry Season's Greetings to us.