For more than 50 years, NORAD has been assisting excited children across the world in tracking Santa's annual Christmas Eve flight. Two years ago, Google partnered with NORAD to allow people to track Santa via Google Earth. Though they ran into some technical difficulties last year when Google classified Toronto as a US city, the kinks have been worked out and they are ready for action for Christmas 2009!

Here's a video about Santa's 2008 journey:

You can begin tracking Santa by clicking here on Christmas Eve! You can even count how many cookies (left by little children) Santa is eating on his journey!

While you're waiting for his flight to take off, visit his village and see what's happening with the elves at the North Pole!