Please can someone explain NORAD to me?

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FatSatsumaStuffedIntoAStocking · 23/12/2011 12:25

Title self-explanatory really. Will my 3yo enjoy it? How time-consuming is it to follow?
Thanks

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FatSatsumaStuffedIntoAStocking · 23/12/2011 12:25

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inchoccyheaven · 23/12/2011 13:30

It is as time consuming as you want :) We hop on and off the laptop throughout the day to see where he is and maybe listen to some of the commentries from the places he has visited. I think a 3 yr old would like it and my 11 yr old is still looking forward to doing it

It basically shows you where FC is and has been since he started out, obviously with Australia etc first, and some of the places have a little info bit about them which is nice to listen to.

Enjoy :)

ProperLush · 23/12/2011 13:32

Easy. You just check on it during the day. Set it up and check on it now and then to see where Santa is now. In past years they have little video thingies you can click on in various places for a few pictures of the place. Of course, your 3 yr old will possibly be too young to understand the concept of the earth and of course will be fast asleep before he's over Europe (or wherever you are!)- but NORAD bought us one more year of Santa belief- I mean, Santa on tech's gotta be real, hasn't it?!

ProperLush · 23/12/2011 13:34

here

You can start getting into it now! He's 17 hours from take off!

MistletoeAndFlump · 23/12/2011 15:43

Just a little^ warning though - my eldest has told me (a few years later) that NORAD was what made him decide Santa wasn't real - he must have been about 9 and now says when I tried to make him believe a CGI of Santa was the real thing it confirmed his suspicions. He made me promise I wouldn't show it to his younger siblings so I didn't 'spoil it' for them

Cankulzof · 23/12/2011 15:59

I've heard talk of this and am relieved to find that my fellow mums at playgroup were not actually talking about the North American Aerospace Defence Command.

I thought that they were planning on watching Wargames on Christmas Eve.

PresentsRibbonsAndMerrySantas · 23/12/2011 16:09

ooooo we do this, its great, it will be open on a tab on the laptop tomorrow for the me dc's to track him

exoticfruits · 23/12/2011 16:16

It is great-you can spend as much time as you want. 2 mins is fine.

Nat38 · 23/12/2011 18:52

We normally log on & then minimise Norad Santa Tracker so we can open it up instantly whenever someone wants to know where he is/where he`s been!!

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