As much as our kids love us, there’s one person they simply have to know the whereabouts of these days: Santa Claus. December carries with it the promise of the toys and joys of Christmas, and your kids want to know where Santa is and when he’s going to be coming down their chimney.
Back in the day, we would just lie very still and quiet in bed and listen for reindeer hooves or the sleigh bells or the jolly laugh of that belly full of jelly. These days, kids are more technologically advanced and need gadgets and gizmos to find the man in the red suit.
Wait, are we tracking Santa Claus or are we geo-caching?
The go-to Santa tracker for many parents is the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD, for short). These guys use a four-pronged attack to track Santa: radar, satellites, Santa Cams (special stratigically-located cameras used only on Christmas Eve) and fighter jets. You have to admit, it’s really cool to have Canadian and American fighter pilots hunting down Santa for you.
For the gabber in the family, there’s no better way to keep an ear to the skies than Santa Speaking. You can watch Santa leaving the North Pole, and listen to the hourly updates that Santa sends to iTunes from his sleigh.
Now you can geo-cache Santa’s sleigh with Santa GPS, a free download that helps you track Santa using GPS technology. With a world map view, satellite tracking view, Christmas songs, Santa sounds and even the Christmas story, your kids will feel like they’ve discovered hidden treasure when they spot Santa on the map.
So whether your kids are bottom-line trackers, non-stop talkers or GPS gurus, you’ll be able to track Santa Claus this Christmas. Making sure they get on the nice list is up to you.
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