Monday, December 24, 2012
NORAD tracks Santa every year, and children can find out where Santa is as he travels the world delivering presents.
While Santa Claus makes his trip around the world, with Rudolph lighting the way, the men and women at NORAD will be tracking his travels and alerting children of his progress. Santa's magic is powerful and much more technologically advanced than that of NORAD, the North American Air Defense Command, said U.S. Army Major Mike Humphreys. Humphreys is stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The command is confident that Santa will be able to handle anything he encounters on his Christmas Eve trip. "We have satellites in space that pick up heat signatures, and those satellites pick up threats," Humphreys said. "Rudolph's nose comes in quite well on those satellite images. We also have 47 radar sites that are able to …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
If you've got wit, add your caption to Patch's weekly comic challenge and win a personalized print.
Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment section of this post. Our only requirement is that you keep it clean! At week's end, we'll pick the winning punchline based on how many of us here at Patch giggle and smile at your contribution. The user who produces the winning punchline will get a personalized proof of the comic, with the winning words and a credit line, from cartoonist Chuck Ingwersen and Patch. Congratulations to Louis W. Sagan, who provided the winning punchline to last week's Doctor and Bear cartoon: If you think I'm letting you anywhere near me with a scalpel, you can…
Thursday, December 23, 2010
St. Nick finds ways to get into houses regardless of whether they have chimneys and he'll find lots of cookies and milk when he does, kids say.
With Christmas just a day away, Santa Claus is making that list and checking it twice, ensuring everything's good to go for his trip around the world. But what we wanted to know was just how does Santa do all that work in one just night? To find out, we went straight to those who know Santa best: Plainfield kids. We found these experts at the Plainfield Public Library. The question on everyone's mind, of course, is how does Santa get into those houses that don't have a chimney? Kaitlyn and Aiden Ward, 4 and 2, say their house's chimney is very small so Santa needs to make a new one in order to get in. Vanessa Perez, 9, had a little bit of a different idea of how he's going to manage. "He's going to barge through the walls!" Will Clohecy…
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