Player Embed Code: <iframe width='500' height='300' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 500px; height: 300px;' allowtransparency='true' src='https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/651272'></iframe> Download Embed Share Tracking Santa! Defense.gov Dec. 21, 2018 | 1:00 On Christmas 1955, a Sears ad in a Colorado newspaper encouraged children to call Santa Claus. However, the number that was mistakenly published didn’t call Santa; it called a military command center. Since then, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has kept the tradition of tracking Santa’s sleigh alive and well.