The tradition began in 1955 due to a typo in a Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement in Colorado Springs. The ad invited children to call "Santa" but accidentally listed the secret hotline for the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), the predecessor to NORAD.

The most famous "detailed story" linked to this number involves the program, which in 2017 received exactly 126,103 calls from children worldwide.

What started as a mistake became a massive global operation. Today, over 1,500 volunteers—including military personnel and their families—spend Christmas Eve answering calls from children in more than 200 countries. You can follow the tradition at the official NORAD Tracks Santa website . 2. "Jinn of Arabia" (Interactive Fiction)

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