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steve2470

(37,461 posts)
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 08:32 PM Dec 2011

Does anyone else get a slightly childish delight out of the Norad Santa Cam videos ?

You go here , click on the Santa Claus icon, then click on the video.

Yes it's childish but I'm guessing children would love it. The NORAD people sound a little bored reading their scripts lol

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Does anyone else get a slightly childish delight out of the Norad Santa Cam videos ? (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2011 OP
Great if you have a party with kids. Countdown_3_2_1 Dec 2011 #1
I think it's cool! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #2
We used to go to a christmas eve party when I was a kid so I never knew about the Norad coverage of applegrove Dec 2011 #3
Whatdo you mean unionworks Dec 2011 #4
translation: I enjoyed it but have to cover my ass cuz I'm 53 lol nt steve2470 Dec 2011 #5
I'm 54 unionworks Dec 2011 #6
Ah, ha, he's in Mexico City now! Feliz Navidad, dude! freshwest Dec 2011 #7
I remember being mayyyyybe 3 or 4 OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #8

Countdown_3_2_1

(878 posts)
1. Great if you have a party with kids.
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 08:46 PM
Dec 2011

Great for short attention spans. If there is a lull, or misbehavior, you can say, "Hey lets track Santa!" and they will all run to the computer with you.
--Did that last Christmas eve and we had a blast!

The wife and I are here alone this year, but we get to spoil the kids tomorrow when everyone stops by.

applegrove

(122,711 posts)
3. We used to go to a christmas eve party when I was a kid so I never knew about the Norad coverage of
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 10:23 PM
Dec 2011

Santa on the radio. Once I did as an adult I tried to get my sister interested in it, because she has kids, but to no avail.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
8. I remember being mayyyyybe 3 or 4
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 02:21 AM
Dec 2011

and we lived in Atlanta and had this little B/W tv and my dad calling me to the living room to watch the local news tracking Santa on their radar. This would have been 66~67...I was mesmerized and that is still one of my favorite childhood memories.

I tried to get my kids into it but I don;t think they were ever as impressed by the technology as I was. They had handheld game devices with more pizzazz than some grainy kinda santa silhouette flying across a round radar screen. Rotten kids.

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