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NORAD's Crazy Santa Cause (politico.com)
33 points by jeffwass on Dec 25, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



...volunteers work in two-hour shifts, backed up by dozens of sponsors ranging from Microsoft to the National Defense Industrial Association, Taco Bell and the local Amy’s Donuts in Colorado Springs.

Taco Bell?! According to The Polar Express, only true believers can still hear the bell. Well, I can hear the Bell and enjoy XXL Grilled Stuft Burritos at the same time.

Merry Christmas!


The origins have been embellished over the years: https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/421161/


  > including the four-star general in charge of defending North America
I always find that factoid amusing.


Care to explain?




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