How to track Santa with Google this Christmas – best free trackers live NOW

THE WAIT is almost over.

Get a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph ready as their long journey across the world is underway.

You’ll see how long Santa has to deliver – and it’s not much!

It’s not easy covering 195 countries in such a short space of time.

You should be asleep when Santa eventually pays a visit – if you’ve been good of course.

But if you want to keep track of where he is at the moment, luckily the magic of technology is on hand to help.

There are a number of trackers keeping an eye on Santa’s every movement, so why not see where he is right now?

Read our Santa tracker live blog for up the minute updates on where he is

Google Santa Tracker Live

Google has a load of Christmas games to play too

Google runs an annual Santa tracker, making use of its Google Maps technology.

The tech giant first started it in 2004 and has improved it every year since.

You can either follow along on a computer by visiting santatracker.google.com or you can download the free app.

Google shows some cool details along the way, such as the route Santa has already taken and the number of presents he’s delivered.

You can also see his next stop and how long it’ll take him to reach you.

Norad Santa tracker

Watch Santa and his reindeers live

Norad – the North American Aerospace Defence Command – is also keeping tabs on Father Christmas.

They’ve been doing this for a long time, starting back in 1955.

Apparently it all began by accident, when a kid accidentally rang the unlisted phone number for CONAD (Norad’s predecessor) after seeing an ad in a newspaper telling children to ring Santa.

The boss at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, is said to have answered the phone and told staff to check the radar for signs of Santa making his way south from the North Pole.

And so it continued ever since.

A special website shows you exactly where Santa is as he whizzes across the world from country to country, at noradsanta.org.

In other news, Samsung is reportedly killing off its beloved Note smartphone after more than a decade.

Apple has announced that it will let customers fix their own iPhones for the first time starting next year.

And the UK is fighting an epidemic of hack attacks targeting consumers and businesses, according to officials.

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