Santa delivered 7 billion gifts in 2023: where the magic sleigh with Ralph the reindeer flew

Santa's route is being tracked by radar/Srikanta H. U., Unsplash

In 2023, as always, Santa's flight could be followed online. On the night of December 24-25, he made a circle of honor around the Earth to deliver gifts to children.

Interestingly, behind the route of the sleigh with The world began to monitor deer not so long ago. You can do this on two sites; Channel 24 will tell you more 24.

How to find out where Santa is flying now

The famous Flightradar service tracks movement of aircraft. However, since 2017 they decided to mark the route of Santa Claus’s Christmas sleigh on the map. It's quite nice, because people can see the magic sleigh while viewing the routes of civil aircraft.

This is what the Santas looked like on the Flightradar service website, aircraft R3DN053/Screenshot 24 Channel

The US Air Force is also watching Santa

There the sled is designated 1-877-Hi-NORAD. For more than 60 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been tracking this magical flight.

And the story of how the American military became interested in the wizard is very funny. In 1955, one of the stores posted the number of supposedly Santa and encouraged children to call him. But here’s the problem: due to confusion, the number was indicated incorrectly. And all the children called the US Air Force.

They consciously accepted the mistake and decided to please the children, and at the same time the adults. So the NORAD Tracks Santa program appeared.

Military officers tracking Santa's flight/Photo by NORAD

The military claims that they are protecting the wizard’s flight, but in return he flies more slowly so that radars can track his presence. Although he usually flies like a fighter jet! You can find out where Santa's sleigh is currently flying thanks to Ralph the reindeer's nose – it glows and gives off an infrared signal similar to a rocket launch.

Unfortunately, the military is now recording less videos of Santa’s journey, although they are usually very picturesque.

Here, for example, how Santa flew in 2017.

Santa flies over Chicago: watch the video

Where Santa went in 2023

He flew out with North Pole, flew over Asia, Africa, Europe, both Americas and stopped in Hawaii. Santa gave out about 7.8 billion gifts this year.