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How old is Santa Claus? NORAD tracker reveals all on Christmas icon: Find out age, weight and height

How old is Santa Claus? NORAD tracker reveals all on Christmas icon: Find out age, weight and height

How old is Santa Claus? And how tall is he? Have you ever had these questions? Well, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), famous for its Santa Tracker, revealed Santa’s age, weight, and height in its “About Santa FAQ”. Santa Claus’s age, weight, and height revealed(Unsplash) Santa Claus’s age, weight, and height Santa Claus is the iconic figure that we have learnt to associate with Christmas. This legendary character has gained worldwide popularity due to numerous pop culture references and extensive commercialization over the years. Although it is “hard to know for sure”, NORAD reports Santa Claus is at least 1,600 years old. Command analysts conclude that Santa is roughly 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 260 pounds based on flight profile data from radar, satellites, and numerous tracking sightings over more than 50 years. NORAD’s Santa tracker It was by coincidence that NORAD started tracking Santa. A child misdialed a printed phone number from a department shop advertisement in the local newspaper in 1955 while attempting to contact Santa. He called the …

Santa Claus global flight to deliver presents takes off | Tracker inside | World News

Santa Claus global flight to deliver presents takes off | Tracker inside | World News

Santa Claus took off early Christmas Eve aboard his reindeer-powered sleigh to deliver presents around the world. (FILES) This illustration photo shows the NORAD logo on a cell phone screen while the tracker follows Santa flying over New York City on a computer monitor in Los Angeles on December 24, 2023.(AFP) That is according tothe North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a joint-US and Canadian military command at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs that for 69 years has provided a whimsical report tracking Father Christmas. The NORAD Santa tracker can be accessed here. Tracking would have gone ahead even if the federal government had shut down, a crisis the US Congress averted at the last moment this past weekend. “Santa runs on the Christmas spirit so any possible government actions would not affect his mission,” said Royal Canadian Air Force Major Jennie Derenzis,a NORAD spokesperson, on Tuesday. A man dressed as Santa stands in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in Manhattan in New York City, US, December 24, 2024. (REUTERS) Military …