Overview
- NORAD reported Santa traveling south from Alaska over the Pacific on the final stretch of his Christmas Eve journey, confirmed by its E-3 Sentry crews.
- Trackers noted a pass over Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson with no disruptions reported and the sleigh running on schedule.
- Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets escorted the sleigh through Canadian airspace, with Transport Canada highlighting flight clearance.
- The Federal Aviation Administration also monitored Santa’s route, and NORAD’s tally cited nearly 4.5 billion gifts delivered so far.
- NORAD said its call center logged more than 64,000 inquiries overnight, with hundreds of thousands of calls and millions of website visits typically recorded each year.