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Santa Claus

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Where's Santa? Track Him Live from Libertyville!

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has a website that now offers a Santa tracker mobile app to follow the jolly man's magical flight.

They sent him their wish lists, sat on his lap, and left cookies and milk for his arrival. Now the only thing left for children to do is track Santa's progress as he delivers gifts around the world on Christmas Eve. Thanks to the folks behind the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) website, families worldwide can now follow Santa's Christmas journey in real time. The tradition started in 1955 after an advertisement for Sears Roebuck & Co. misprinted a telephone number for a special "Santa hotline." Instead of reaching Kris Kringle, the number put kids through to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Commander-in-Chief’s operations, according to a description on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page, which has more than …

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Exclusive Interview With Santa Claus

Santa answers some of your burning questions!

This time of year is pretty hectic for Santa Claus. However, he took a moment to answer some questions that are on everybody's mind. Libertyville Patch sent it's crack team of Junior Reporters to the Westfield Hawthorn Shopping Center to get the job done!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Residents Enjoy Dickens of a Holiday in 2010

The next Dickens of a Holiday will take place on Dec. 3 and 10, 2011.

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Chi-an Chang

11:32 am on Friday, December 2, 2011

Hi Al, Thanks for the clarification, this video refers to last year's event and I updated the dates to avoid confusion. Best, Chi-an   more ›

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