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The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number

Retropod by The Washington Post

Dec 25, 20196:27Society & Culture

In the 1950s, a child trying to call Santa Claus accidentally called NORAD and changed Christmas Eve forever.

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The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number is an episode from Retropod by The Washington Post. In the 1950s, a child trying to call Santa Claus accidentally called NORAD and changed Christmas Eve forever. The episode was...

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Published Dec 25, 2019, 6:27 long, audio available.

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