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‘Is this Santa Claus?’ A misprinted ad and a good-hearted colonel sparked NORAD’s Christmas tradition
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
Surfer attacked by shark calls rescue a ‘Christmas miracle’
Adam Coons, 37, was surfing his last wave of the day near Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands, on Saturday afternoon when the shark suddenly emerged.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
The following is a letter to the editor and subsequent editorial that was first published in on Sept. 21, 1897, in The New York Sun.
US astronauts in space now helping military track Santa
“We believe this marks the first time American Astronauts aboard the ISS are working directly with NORAD to confirm Santa’s location reports."
By Shawn Snow