janet, since this marks the first Christmas that I am
computer-literate,(?)thanks to Mr.PD., this will be my
maiden voyage with Santa and I plan to bring my
granddaughter along. Yet another case of mixed blessings...
                        Carole

--- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >------------------
> >NORAD Tracks Santa
> >------------------
> >
> >Today's stop is at my favorite holiday Web site: "The
> Annual NORAD
> >Tracks Santa" site at
> >
> ><A HREF="http://www.noradsanta.org/">
> >http://www.noradsanta.org/ </A>.
> >
> >Folks, if you loved Elf Bowling you will absolutely
> ADORE this!  For
> >the 45th year in a row, the North American Aerospace
> Defense Command
> >(NORAD) will be tracking Santa Claus as he makes his
> annual Christmas
> >Eve journey around the world.
> >
> >We talked about this site last year, but folks at NORAD
> (with the help
> >of IBM and Analytical Graphics, Inc.) completely
> redesigned the site
> >for the 1999 holiday season.  The new NORAD Tracks Santa
> site relies
> >heavily on Macromedia Flash to provide interactive menus
> and screens.
> >This means that you'll have to have Macromedia's free
> Flash Player
> >(a.k.a. Shockwave Player) to be able to view this site.
> Don't panic
> >though.  Shockwave Player is probably already installed
> on your
> >computer and you don't even know it -- it ships with
> Windows 95, 98,
> >MacOS, Internet Explorer CD, America Online, and
> Netscape Navigator.
> >
> >How can you tell if you have the Shockwave Player
> installed on your
> >computer?  Easy!  Go to the NORAD Tracks Santa site
> >[ http://www.noradsanta.org/ ] and click on the "Enter"
> button (the
> >one with the giant wreath on it).  If you already have
> the player, an
> >introductory movie will pop up.  If you don't have the
> player, though,
> >you will be instructed on how to download and install
> the player for
> >free.  (And, yes, you need Shockwave Player.  More and
> more Web sites
> >are starting to use it.)
> >
> >Anyway, back to the site.  Using the latest satellite
> data and
> >digitized imagery (and a heck of a lot of Macromedia
> Flash and
> >streaming Real Video), the Norad Tracks Santa site will
> show you
> >Santa's Christmas Eve (December 24th) flight around the
> world.  Prior
> >to the 24th, this site will give you information about
> NORAD, show you
> >how NORAD tracks Santa, and even give you few extra
> surprises.
> >
> >Because Santa's journey will take him to many different
> countries, the
> >NORAD Tracks Santa site is available in English,
> Francais, Italiano,
> >Japanese, and Espanol.  The first Flash-generated page
> of the NORAD
> >Tracks Santa site is a clickable map of the world.
> Click on the flag
> >that corresponds to the language that you speak.  [If
> you click on the
> >Canadian, American, British, Australian, or New Zealand
> flag, you are
> >taken to a page written in English; if you click on the
> French Flag,
> >you are taken to a page written in Francais; and so on.]
> >
> >This launches an absolutely charming introductory movie
> that your kids
> >-- and, for that matter, kids of all ages -- will enjoy.
>  The "fly-by"
> >is particularly amusing.
> >
> >Once the movie has completed, you are taken to a page
> with an
> >annoying, green, bug-eyed snowman flying across the
> screen.  Ignore
> >him and move your mouse over the red "menu" button in
> the upper right-
> >hand corner of the screen.  If you know how to use the
> Start menu on a
> >PC or the Apple menu on a Mac, you'll have no problems
> navigating
> >around the NORAD Tracks Santa site.  :)
> >
> >As you scroll through the menu you'll learn a little bit
> about NORAD,
> >find information about Santa's sleigh, and even see
> Santa's take on
> >this whole Y2K thing (which is also quite amusing).
> >
> >It is obvious that the folks at NORAD had a lot of fun
> putting this
> >site together, and if you are looking for a good chuckle
> this holiday
> >season -- and especially if you have kids who are
> convinced that Santa
> >will be bringing them more than coal and twigs for
> Christmas -- you
> >really should visit the NORAD Tracks Santa site over the
> next couple
> >of days.  :)
> >
> >
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> janet paterson
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