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Happy Holidays!
by Craig Dismuke, Dudley Carter
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
There will be no MarketToday. We will return December 30. Until then, we hope everyone is having a Happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas!
SANTA TRACKER
As we include each year, the following link is to the NORAD Santa Tracker. According to North American Aerospace Defense Command, “NORAD has been tracking Santa since 1955 when a young child accidentally dialed the unlisted phone number of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, believing she was calling Santa Claus after seeing a promotion in a local newspaper. … Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, the commander on duty that night, was quick to realize a mistake had been made, and assured the youngster that CONAD would guarantee Santa a safe journey from the North Pole. … Thus a tradition was born that rolled over to NORAD when it was formed in 1958. Each year since, NORAD has dutifully reported Santa’s location on Dec. 24 to millions across the globe.