Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the tale of how the Christmas Eve tradition to track Santa Claus started in December 1955, when Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup received an unexpected call on his red phone — a top secret hotline at his base.

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