Watch Santa's Trip As NORAD Marks Its 60th Year Tracking St. Nick

This marks the 60th year NORAD has done just that. 

Through the magic of technology, you can keep tabs on Santa, as North American Aerospace Defense Command highlights the jolly old elf's journey by reindeer-pulled sleigh around the world. Check out the real-time map of Santa's progress here .

You can monitor Santa's progress by clicking here.

NORAD uses radar, satellites, Santa Cams and fighter jets to track Santa on Dec. 24, according to the NORAD site. The search has even made its way on to mobile devices through apps in iTunes, Google Play and Windows.

The program started in 1955 when an advertisement suggested children call Santa directly. But the phone number was misprinted and actually rang through to the crew commander on duty at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center, Col. Harry Shoup, beginning a tradition that NORAD continued after its creation in 1958.

Santa Claus reportedly left the North Pole and started his journey around 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, starting in Russia's far Eastern areas. By Christmas morning, he will have completed his annual trip, touching down in homes around the world.

How is this even possible? NORAD officials have a theory.

"NORAD intelligence reports indicate that Santa does not experience time the way we do," the NORAD site speculates. "His trip seems to take 24 hours to us, but to Santa it might last days, weeks or even months. Santa would not want to rush the important job of delivering presents to children and spreading joy to everyone, so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum."

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