Santa Tracker: When St. Nick Arrives In Florida

ACROSS FL — If you need some incentive to get the kiddos tucked in, remind them that Santa has Rudolph’s red nose trained on Florida and won’t make his scheduled landing if they’re still stirring.

There are a couple of ways to convince them that Santa is, indeed, en route with at least some gifts they put on their lists.

One is the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which keeps count of the number of gifts good little children who went to bed on time have received. The U.S. military command charged with protecting the nation’s airspace picked up St. Nick’s sleigh on radar as it departed the North Pole around 4 a.m. Eastern Time Tuesday.

The Norad Santa Tracker found him heading toward Porto, Portugal, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, which was Christmas Day there. So far, he'd delivered nearly 4,000,000,000 Christmas gifts.

The Google Santa Tracker puts him in Luxemburg, Germany, about 4 1/2 hours away from Florida.

One way to keep the kids amused is to compare the differences between the two trackers. You can find them below:

Google Santa Tracker

NORAD Tracks Santa

Santa gets a VIP escort from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.