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Track Santa and "How He Gets In"

Okay, time to be honest. How many of you watched for Rudolph’s red nose on Christmas Eve? I sure did. Saw him every year, too! Now it’s my little girls who press their noses to the cold car windows and watch for the tell tale red blip as we drive into the evening church service. As a parent all I can say is, “Thank goodness for satellites!”

But of course as times have changed, so have the ways to “watch” for Santa. Enter the age of the Norad Tracks Santa 2008

You’ve got to go check this site out. My girls love to watch him make his way around the world. NORAD has also included some video clips that highlight many of the worlds landmarks – complete with Santa sweeping along the Great Wall of China.

Here’s another question: How does Santa get into your house? My house doesn’t have a fireplace with chimney, so I’ve explained to my children that he can magically open the door. My six-year-old believes blindly; My nine-year-old is starting to give me “that” look when I talk about Santa.

I think the funniest story I heard about Santa sneaking in was a man who called into a local radio station. When he was a child he lived in an apartment. His mother would open the dryer door so Santa could slip in the dryer vent and deliver his goodies! That was the sweetest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

Then there was the caller who insisted that Santa was a T1000 – better known as the liquid aluminum alloy bad guy in Terminator 2!

So how about you? Have any good Santa traditions?

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