Editing NORAD (section)

=== Santa tracker ===
{{main|NORAD Tracks Santa}}
As a publicity move on 24 December 1955, NORAD's predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), informed the press that CONAD was tracking [[Santa Claus]]'s [[sleigh]], adding that "CONAD, [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Air Forces will continue to track and guard Santa and his sleigh on his trip to and from the U.S. against possible attack from those who do not believe in Christmas". A Christmas Eve tradition was born,<ref name="appelbaum">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/12/yes-virginia-there-is-a-norad/421161/|title=Where Does NORAD's Santa Tracker Really Come From?|first=Yoni|last=Appelbaum|date=24 December 2015|website=theatlantic.com}}</ref> known as the "[[NORAD Tracks Santa]]" program. Every year on [[Christmas Eve]], "NORAD Tracks Santa" purports to track Santa Claus as he leaves the [[North Pole]] and delivers presents to children around the world. Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible.<ref name="norad-santa">{{cite web |url=http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html |title=NORAD Tracks Santa |work=NORAD.mil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224050527/http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html |archive-date=24 December 2009 }}</ref>