Children can track Santa with military precision

Children eager to track Santa Claus on his annual Christmas Eve journey to homes across the world can download a new mobile app thanks to a military aerospace agency.

The app for Windows 8, called Norad Tracks Santa, is part of a 57-year-long Christmas tradition at the North American Aerospace Defence Command of tracking Santa.

It will allow children to keep up with him on their mobile devices and joins similar apps for iOS, Android, and web apps.