NORAD Santa Tracker 2025: Watch Father Christmas and his reindeers race across world to deliver gifts – live updates

Santa Claus has been crossing the Pacific Ocean for a very long time.

I think it’s a very large body of water.

But miraculously, the number of gifts he offers continues to grow as he approaches 800 million, and the world’s largest and deepest ocean poses no obstacle to his festive efforts.

It’s a Christmas miracle!

According to English Heritage, ‘Father Christmas’ began as a strictly allegorical figure; He is often depicted as a jolly old man and has a history dating back to the 15th century.

Long before the symbol appeared in England, a separate legend of Sinterklaas was gaining ground in Europe, with its origins in the stories of St Nicholas.

Later North America transformed him into ‘Santa Claus’.

My vote is for Santa Claus, but have your say in the comments below.

Here’s the latest: Santa Claus has just left Fiji and is headed to the volcanic island nation of Vanuata.

Pretty exciting, right?

According to NORAD, Santa Claus has been flying without incident for centuries.

In 1927, Santa Claus even received an official airplane pilot’s license from U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Aviation William P. MacCracken for his proficiency above the skies.

NORAD has some technical data about the sleigh that Santa uses to accomplish his epic feat each year.

Based on this data, we know the following about the sled:

• Length: 75 cc (candy canes) / 150 lp (lollipops)
• Width: 40 cc / 80 lp
• Height: 55 cc / 110 lp
• Designer: Kris Kringle and the Elves
• Possible First Flight: December 24, 343 AD
• Weight at takeoff: 75,000 gd (gummy candy)
• Passenger weight at takeoff: Santa Claus – 260 lbs
• Weight of gifts at takeoff: 60,000 tons
• Weight at landing: 80,000 gd

A man. Nine reindeer. Almost 300 million gifts have been delivered so far.

Moreover, Santa Claus has now arrived in New Zealand.

Tell your friends, tell your family.

2022 was a dark year for Santa followers.

The massacre ensued as the entire system collapsed for a moment.

It was never entirely clear why the Santa tracker fell off. This could be due to the number of people trying to use the site or the severe storm that hit the US overnight.

That dark day saw a snowstorm across much of the country, causing power outages, accidents, and long travel delays.

Because the Norad tracker is connected to US satellites, damage to communications lines on US soil may have delayed engineers desperately working to reunite Santa with his fans.

But still, after a few minutes, everything returned to normal.

With Keir Starmer promising to ‘stop the boats’, will Santa really make it to Britain?

Chances are, yes; because the Prime Minister’s plans are in shambles so far.

The latest Home Office figures showed some 803 people made the perilous journey across the Channel on 13 boats from northern France from Friday night to Saturday.

The total number of Channel crossings in 2025 was 41,455 people. The annual record is 45,755 recorded at the end of 2022.

Looks like those who come by sled will enjoy it more…

As NORAD follows Santa Claus, only the man himself knows his route; That means experts can’t predict when he’ll visit your home on Christmas Eve.

However, NORAD notes that Santa Claus only comes when children are asleep, and most of his visits occur between 9 p.m. and midnight.

If he is awake when the children arrive, he can go to other houses and return only when they are asleep.

Santa Claus has now arrived in Russia. He was last seen in Anadyr.

It’s been good flying conditions so far with no weather or travel delays, so so far so good.

At the time of posting, Santa Claus had already delivered over 30 million gifts.

He was last seen in the Arctic, which is understandable considering he had just left…

Santa Claus is OUT.

This is not a drill.