Follow Santa's journey around the world — free, no sign-up, nothing leaves your browser.
There's no real satellite tracking Santa, of course — this simulates his journey the same way trackers like NORAD's do: he reaches each timezone right as it turns midnight there on Christmas Eve, sweeping steadily westward around the globe over about 24 hours. Come back on Christmas Eve to watch it live, or scan a gift label QR code to land straight here.
No tracker — ours, NORAD's, or anyone else's — is actually watching a real sleigh move across the sky. What they're all really doing is a timezone simulation: since Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day at a different moment in every timezone, "midnight" sweeps steadily westward around the globe over about 24 hours, starting near the international date line and ending near Hawaii. Treating that sweep as Santa's route gives a journey that's completely predictable in advance, yet still feels alive and changing every time you check back.
No — there's no real-time data behind it. It's a timezone-based simulation, the same underlying idea real-world trackers use, showing Santa reaching each region right as it turns midnight there on Christmas Eve.
It switches on the moment it turns midnight in the first timezone to reach Christmas (the Pacific, near the international date line) — typically mid-morning Dec 24 in UTC — and runs for about 24 hours from there.
It's for fun, not a real count — nobody could possibly know the true number. It climbs steadily over the course of the night based on how far through the full journey Santa's simulated position has reached.
Yes — the Santa Gift Label Maker includes a QR code on every label that scans straight to this page.
No. Everything here runs locally in your browser using your device's own clock — nothing is sent to a server.