It all started back on December 24th 1955, when a Sears’s department store put up an advert for kids to phone Santa Clause. They also had an ad in the Colorado Springs newspaper. Due to the advertisement being so popular and the rise in technology, the tracker has been updated significantly.

NORAD has coupled with Google Earth to allow you to track Santa, you can view this here. There’s a Facebook page, which is an up-to-date development, however the next steps have already been taken and there is now an official app developed by Talus Media LLC.

The app will cost you £0.59 or $0.99 and is described as having 6 apps in one. It has the North Pole Blog, Santa’s List, World Population and Educational Map, Santa Text and a Countdown Timer. If you are looking to enhance the Christmas experience for your entire family then this is one way to help.

Something pretty cool for parents is the added customization; parents can add children’s names so that they then appear in the ‘Santa’s List’ section amongst others on the app.

If you want to learn more about the app then head over to appshopper.com. On the iTunes app store you can preview the Santa Tracker 2010 and download it for your iPhone. Both sites are warning that this is a large application and that you will possibly have to restart your iPhone if there are any problems with trying to load the application.

Have you already been tracking Santa Clause using the app? Have you had any loading issues? Let us know in the comments below.

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The North Pole is now preparing itself for the big day, and you can visit the Norad Santa website to visit the village to see what each shop is doing. Currently there is only one game live, and that’s right in the center.

The game in question is Tic-Tac-Toe, so noughts and crosses to those of you in the UK. The game is against the computer; I cannot believe how such a simple game became so addictive – 20 minutes wasted of my life now.

Keep checking back here, just to see if Norad has added any more games. I can remember last year my grandchildren spent hours at a time looking around the village. Just thought I would have another click around; still only the one game. Visit Norad Santa Tracker.

What game are you hoping to see in the village?

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Each Year Santa Tracker uses Norad and Google Earth technology to track Santa Claus / Father Christmas, as he makes his long journey around the world on the same night. We can all remember those iconic scenes where he was flying past the “Golden Gate Bridge”.

Once the countdown begins that is when the fun usually starts for children, there will be a number of games that you can play, as well as look around the small little village where all the toys are made.

Come back here on December 1st when Santa Tracker 2010 goes live and begins its countdown. You never know, there could be a few new surprises this year?

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