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Track Santa's Journey From the North Pole Using Google's Santa Tracker

If you have been good this year, you may be interested to learn that Google today launched its annual Santa tracking feature, allowing Santa to be tracked in real time on his mythical journey to the North Pole as he prepares to deliver presents to kids around the world.

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Google's Santa Tracker continues a 19-year tradition for the company, allowing excited children (and parents!) to keep up with the jolly gift-giver's travels throughout December 24. On this day, Santa's Village transforms into a tracking experience where children can follow Santa and his reindeer as they merrily go about their important work.

Santa can be tracked using a web browser on iPhone, iPad, or Mac by visiting Google's official Santa Tracking website. The site features a live map of Santa's current location, his next stop, a live video feed of his journey, and the estimated time that he will arrive in each specific location.

The Santa site provides pictures of locations that Santa has already visited, a live count of gifts that have been delivered, and Santa's current distance from your location. There are also a selection of games to play, creative things to do, and videos to watch.

Other Santa tracking services are also available, such as the NORAD Tracks Santa Claus app and website, but Google's site is often the most interactive and detailed.

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Top Rated Comments

Mrkevinfinnerty Avatar
48 months ago
Real time location doxing, not cool.
Score: 32 Votes (Like | Disagree)
48 months ago
No thanks I think I and many others would stick with NORAD as it’s just way cooler. Don’t need Google’s adverts to kids when tracking Santa.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
48 months ago
Track Santa while google tracks YOU. 😀
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
enterthemerdaverse Avatar
48 months ago
Google : Hi Kids here’s a Santa tracker.

Kids : Santa doesn’t exist I’m playing Call of Duty.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Solomani Avatar
48 months ago
It is WRONG to be doxxing Santa!! ;)
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Porco Avatar
48 months ago
Just because Santa owns companies like Elfler, ReindeerX and recently took over the North Pole social media network Glitter, I don’t see why anyone would compare him to Elon Musk.

Oh, the tracking thing, right, now I get it.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)