Just as it has done for the past 49 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, will track Santa Claus as he makes his annual journey on December 24^th.  Along with its critical mission of  protecting U.S.  Air Space, NORAD teams up with America Online to perform this special duty for internet users around the world, using radar, satellites and Santa cams.  Live video clips of Saint Nick as he makes key stops across the globe will be fed to a special Santa tracker web site hosted by America Online.  Stephanie Cullen from AOL:

�Each year, AOL and NORAD join together to create the Santa tracker web site. Kids and parents can log on and watch Santa as he makes his journey across the world and this year we�re so excited because it�s the 50^th anniversary of tracking Santa.�

Last year the NORAD received more than 712 million hits on Christmas Eve and NORAD and AOL expect record traffic this year.

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