Follow Santa on Google Earth on Christmas Eve!
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Okay, so I realize not everyone celebrates Christmas, and a lot of people celebrate a secular Christmas...but this is just neat.
You can track Santa using Google Earth! If you click this link from NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) you can see where Santa will be on his trip around the world.
He also tends to show up on a lot of news radio and television news programs starting in the late afternoon on Christmas Eve. |
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thats so awsome! I am def. gonna keep track of him haha then when he comes to Toronto Im gonna look for him in the sky LOL  |
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that is pretty cool... I wonder how long it takes for him to travel around the world
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Santa is in Russia right now!
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Okay, so I realize not everyone celebrates Christmas, and a lot of people celebrate a secular Christmas...
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Isn't Santa a secular construct? :p |
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Yes, Christmas isn't though.
And some people get offended when you're a little bit too liberal/secular around holidays.
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It's as if you were implying Santa is a religious construct:
"Some people celebrate a secular Christmas...so here's Santa, don't take offense!"
When in fact the people who celebrate Christmas on a secular level are precisely those who appreciate this sort of thing and wouldn't take offense.
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Ah, now I understand what you're saying.
What I was saying that even if you're religious and celebrate Christmas, or if you don't celebrate it at all...here is a cool stalking feature
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Yep! I was jokingly pointing out that I think you meant to say something like "Okay, so I realize not everyone celebrates Christmas, and a lot of people don't celebrate the secular aspects of Christmas...but this is just neat."
But now back on topic, it's times like this I'm sad that I'm in math...because I figured out exactly how the NORAD thing works. ):
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