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Norad Santa – Why Have I Watched It For 20 Years? – Advent 23

Norad Santa – Why Have I Watched It For 20 Years? – Advent 23 – Yes, I’ve watch Norad Santa for at least 20 years–maybe even 30. Why?

I heard about it and I couldn’t understand–why was Norad generating an animated Santa? So, I searched the internet.

Norad Santa – The Origin

The NORAD Santa Tracker began in 1955 due to a delightful mix-up. A Sears advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper mistakenly printed a phone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the calls went to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center, where Colonel Harry Shoup answered a call from a little girl asking if he was Santa Claus. Initially taken aback, Shoup decided to play along and instructed his staff to check radar for Santa’s location, thus starting the tradition of tracking Santa on Christmas Eve 1 2.

The following year, the tradition continued, and when NORAD was established in 1958, it took over the Santa tracking responsibility. Over the decades, the program has evolved into a massive volunteer effort, utilizing military technology to “track” Santa’s journey around the world 3 4. Today, it includes a website, social media updates, and a call center staffed by volunteers, making it a beloved holiday tradition for millions 5.

Isn’t it amazing how a simple mistake turned into such a cherished global event? 🎅✨

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Timeout From Norad Santa for another Review!

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Zombie Turkeys: How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys (Life After Life)

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Zombie Turkeys is ridiculous in the best possible way.

The premise alone undead turkeys that come back stronger every time you kill them had me hooked, but the execution is what really works. Following a struggling reporter and his no-nonsense editor through a collapsing country gives the chaos structure, and the satire of modern media hits harder than expected.

The pacing is fast, the gore is gleefully over the top, and the humor never forgets it’s supposed to be fun. Grocery stores, farms, militias, livestreams each stop somehow escalates the madness without wearing out the joke.

If you like horror-comedy with B-movie energy, sharp commentary, and zero interest in playing it safe, this one delivers. I laughed, winced, and kept turning pages.

Norad Santa – Continues – What About You?

Norad Santa

Once I started watching, I was hooked. Although Norad is high tech, Santa operates by magic and billions of gifts are delivered in hours.

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My Christmas List – What’s on Yours? Advent 22

My Christmas List – What’s on Yours? Advent 22 Our family makes up Christmas gift lists of what we want and then exchanges them. Here’s mine, verbatim.

My Christmas List – What’s on Yours? Advent 22

For myself, from you, my reader:

Reviews! Here is one I love:

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Zombie Turkeys: How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys (Life After Life)

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Zombie Turkeys: Dark Humor How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys (The Life After Life Chronicles Book 1) byAndy Zach The leader of a group of turkeys, “Tom” has been infected with a zombie virus. He is enjoying his new strength, proud of the rising body count and happy with the access to more and more hens. Sam Melvin is a reporter for a small local newspaper “The Midley Beacon”. His editor Lisa sends him on a mission to find out about an infection of herds of wild turkeys with a strange disease. They have become aggressive and soon become murderous, attacking and killing farmers and their families. When the farmers fight back they discover these turkeys rise up despite missing body parts and continue the attack. They have become Zombie turkeys.

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Sam and Lisa publish articles and create a sensation as well as helping locals put together it tip line on how to get the turkeys to stay dead. They fall in love and marry then turn the pursuit of turkey defeat into economic success with an internet hit, merch and sports events and a great white shark all in the name of the Zombie Turkey outbreak. There is twisted comedy and adventure as the couple travels seeking ways to prevent zombie turkeys from overtaking all of America. A bit dated now, but this includes a trip to the White House where the Obamas and Secret Service and in on the battle. Eventually a method is found but I won’t spoil it, but all in all it’s great fun and funny too.

My Christmas List – Continued – What’s on Yours?

From my family, I asked:

  • Chimay beer
  • Fragelico liquor
  • Grand Marnier liquor

But I don’t really need any of this. Other people have greater needs, so I encourage people to give these gifts in my name. Or yours.

All of these items are from GFA (Gospel for Asia/Africa) World, a Christian non-profit organization that helps the poor, widows, and orphans, of Asia and Africa.

Woman with a GFA World provided goat

Goats

$170 per pair, click to give.

Goats may or may not have been there to greet baby Jesus, but they sure are a great way to show His love to families in need. These animals provide meat and milk, and they can be sold for a good price. Increased income means more money for things like food and blankets, but it can also enable families to send their children to school, making a lasting difference in the fight against poverty.

People lined up holding GFA World provided chickens

Chickens

$15 per pair. Click to give.

Your gift towards chickens can help supplement a family’s income and get them on their feet financially. Hungry families can eat or sell the nutritious eggs, or they can hatch chicks to increase their flock and later have more eggs and chicks to sell. And every day, this gift can serve as a walking reminder that God sees them and He cares about them.

Blankets

Suggested gift: $25. Click to give.

Most families in the impoverished areas in which GFA serves have little or no insulation or heating in their homes. Those who sleep on the streets are even more exposed to the cold. For $25, you can help provide a blanket large enough to cover a whole family—mom, dad and little ones—with a tangible expression of Christ’s love!pres

My Christmas List – Winter Clothing

Passion of Christ’s love!

Suggested gift: $50. Click to give.

Harsh winters force many people indoors, hindering villagers from finding jobs and limiting pastors’ ability to minister. Winter clothing packets help GFA missionaries stay healthy and able to minister during cold seasons. Winter clothing distributed to the poor protects the vulnerable—especially children—from freezing cold.

Depending on the region, a winter clothing packet may include:

  • A Blanket
  • A Sweater
  • A Jacket
  • Other Warm Items

My Christmas List – Outdoor Toilets

Suggested gift: $540

Share the cost: $54 Click to give any amount.

More than a billion people worldwide have no choice but to go to the bathroom out in the open, which poses many risks, especially for women and girls who venture into open fields under the cover of darkness. Private outdoor toilets spare families from disease found at communal waste grounds and protect the dignity of men, women and children.

Advent Gifts for You in December!

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My Undead Mother-in-law

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Villain’s Vacation

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The Gospel Medley
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The Revelation Devotional


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Your 21st Day Gift for Christmas – My Newsletter

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Sam Melvin, an underachieving e-reporter from a small town, changes forever when he meets turkeys that won’t stay dead. You can shoot ’em, chop ’em, burn ’em—they come back stronger. The undead plague of poultry spreads uncontrollably, rocking the whole country. As Sam tracks down the zombie turkeys and how to eradicate them, his editor, Lisa Kambacher, nags him to turn his stories and expenses in on time.

During their years of working together, Lisa has mellowed into an irascible pinchpenny. Lisa snipes at Sam for plebeian writing but uses her intelligence to pursue the lucrative carnivorous turkey story.

Sam and Lisa ricochet across the landscape, tracking turkeys and fleeing the bloodthirsty hordes. Careening from shell-shocked grocery store owners fighting turkeys crawling out of refrigerators to machine-gunning turkey farmers to secret militia, Sam and Lisa doggedly report.

Throughout the turkey apocalypse, they dare ravaged cities, plow knee-deep in gore and corpses, and upload streams of zombie turkey video news to the world. With paranoid militias clashing with the federal government and unkillable turkeys, Sam and Lisa doubt their ability to survive.

Sam and Lisa have no superpowers. If you have a heart condition or lack humor, you should not read Zombie Turkeys, no matter how much you want to find out what happens.

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Ace zombie reporter Sam Melvin has been fired–by his wife, Lisa. Their paper, The Midley Beacon, is barely surviving. How will they make ends meet?

Sam decides to give being a detective a try. He advertises his business–but his zombie experience comes with it. All across the country, people bring their zombie problems to Sam. Squirrels? Bulls? Sam’s on the case. But can his experience with zombie turkeys transfer?

Sam finds out in a series of deadly adventures–and so will you when you read this book. See if you can keep from dying from laughter.

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Zombie Turkeys

Zombie Detective

My Undead Mother-in-law

Paranormal Privateers

Secret Supers

Villain’s Vacation

Secret Supers in Space

The Gospel Medley
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The Revelation Devotional


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The Last Gift

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