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• 3. WHY DOES NORAD DO IT?
• In 1955, a local newspaper advertisement invited children to call Santa but mistakenly listed the hotline of NORAD's predecessor. Rather than disappoint the kids, commanders told them they indeed knew where Santa was. NORAD, a U.S.-Canadian operation based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., continues the tradition every Christmas Eve.
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• 4. WHY WAS THERE CONTROVERSY THIS YEAR?
• A children's advocacy group complained that an animated video on the NORAD Tracks Santa website injected militarism into Christmas by showing fighter jets escorting Santa's sleigh on a 39-second video promoting the event. NORAD says the fighter escort is nothing new. NORAD began depicting jets accompanying Santa and his reindeer in the 1960s.
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• 5. HOW DOES NORAD TRACK SANTA?
• Using the same satellites it uses to track missiles, NORAD says it is able to detect heat signatures from Rudolph's nose.
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AP News in Brief
At Vatican, Pope Francis likens Christmas as burst of light on sometimes dark human history
• VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has ushered in his first Christmas as pontiff, likening Jesus' birth to a burst of light on the sometimes dark moments of human history, marked by pride and ambition.
• The 77-year-old Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass late Tuesday in St. Pe (Continued on page 14)
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