It’s Christmas Eve and CTVNews.ca is monitoring updates from Canadian military experts who say Santa Claus has already doled out more than two billion toys to children around the world.
Last Updated Tuesday, December 24, 2019 3:46PM ESTTORONTO -- Santa Claus has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and made his first few pit stops in Canada, according to the tracking efforts of the Canadian and U.S. militaries.
Early on, he made some unexpected changes to his itinerary, as he was expected to start his journey in Russia, but instead began with deliveries in the Wake Islands. No reason was given for the change. The now, annual Christmas Eve tradition of tracking Santa began in 1955, after a mistaken phone call to the Continental Air Defence Command -- a radar network monitoring for nuclear attacks – was answered by Col. Harry Shoup.
And while “only Santa really knows his path,” Hennessy said NORAD estimates St. Nick will be flying across Canada and the rest of North America between 9 p.m. and midnight.
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