{"id":11490,"date":"2015-12-24T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11490"},"modified":"2016-01-25T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:26:59","slug":"santa-claus-comes-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11490","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus Comes Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It&#8217;s Christmas Eve&#8230;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Santa Claus comes tonight!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-and-sleigh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-and-sleigh.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Claus\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lists have been made. The shopping is done. Perhaps a wrapping marathon is in your future tonight? And there&#8217;s always the assembly of bicycles and other toys so that everything will be perfect in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can track Santa&#8217;s progress as he makes his way around the world? NORAD (<span class=\"st\">North American Aerospace Defense<\/span>) has a website dedicated to following the jolly old soul&#8217;s whereabouts. 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of NORAD <span class=\"st\">and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) tracking Santa&#8217;s flight. Pretty amazing when you think about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tracking Santa is a fun activity for everyone, not to mention it keeps the little ones occupied when you&#8217;re trying to clean up after your Christmas Eve supper. You can follow Santa at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noradsanta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official NORAD Santa Tracker<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p>And in keeping with Santa coming tonight, enjoy this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIF_rXj7mag\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Christmas Eve&#8230; Santa Claus comes tonight! &nbsp; The lists have been made. The shopping is done. Perhaps a wrapping marathon is in your future tonight? And there&#8217;s always the assembly of bicycles and other toys so that everything will be perfect in the morning. Did you know you can track Santa&#8217;s progress as he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11490\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Santa Claus Comes Tonight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,17,23,982,971],"tags":[1011,973],"class_list":["post-11490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-family","category-holidays","category-norad","category-santa","tag-christmas","tag-santa-claus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Santa Claus Comes Tonight - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Santa Claus makes his magical epic journey around the world tonight. 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