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Walking in a Westerham Wonderland
St Mary’s Heritage Trust, Westerham Town Partnership,
Westerham Town Council and the Westerham Society
support this year’s
Festival of Trees
to be staged in shop windows and on The Green
from Saturday December 5th to Tuesday January 5th
Where’s Santa?
? Alex Preston of InFlight Harry Shoup, who assured the child of
his identity.
FOR millions of children (and adults) That Christmas Eve, his staff put a
around the world, one much loved pre- drawing of Santa’s sleigh on to a map
sleep Christmas Eve ritual has become of North America, normally used to
tracking Santa’s progress as he delivers track aircraft. Shoup then called a
presents around the world. radio station to say the Centre was
For the past 65 years, the North tracking “what looked a sleigh”, leading
American Aerospace Defense Command to the station and children calling the
(NORAD) on Peterson Air Force Base has Command Centre for regular updates.
tracked Santa. The Command team dutifully obliged
And it all began with a misdialled and has done so ever since.
telephone number. Responding to a Each Christmas Eve, the hotline,
promotional ad in a local newspaper to staffed by volunteers, handles more than Want to take part with a virtual tree
call Santa, a young child instead called 130,000 calls from the around the globe,
the hotline of NORAD’s predecessor, and not a wrong number among them. on a dedicated Flickr page?
the Continental Air Defense Command NORAD’s official Santa Tracker
and got through to Air Force Colonel launches December 24. contact: info@visitwesterham.org.uk
Why do Italians look so happy when they are eating?
The very best Italian food fresh every day in
Westerham High Street and the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells.
Come and see us and you will smile too!
The Italian Shop • www.shop–italian. co.uk
Contact Sue to advertise ) 07764 190200 * marketing@thecountychronicle.co.uk 11
