Action News caught up with the folks at NORAD to learn a little more about how the magic happens.
Santa has been delivering toys to good little girls and boys for centuries, packing up his sleigh and taking to the sky with his eight, and sometimes nine, reindeer to guide him through the night.
But it wasn't until the 1950's when he got a little extra assistance from NORAD to make sure he wouldn't run into any trouble.
And it all started by accident....."
"...For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who..."