2010 Oh Santa Mariah Carey Live at Disney's Christmas Parade (Video Shakes) Meanwhile, at Santa's Social Media Command Center... [COMIC] Back in the day, the effort involved in creating a comprehensive naughty/nice index was nearly cost prohibitive. Sure, he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, but that doesn't save you any time when you've misfiled Little Johnny's damn TPS report. But this is 2010. No more photocopying wishlists or keeping your coal suppliers in a Rolodex. Letters to Santa? Try real-time, geo-targeted SMS merchandise requests, pal! It's time to put down the elf magic and start aggregating the hell out of all this holiday-flavored social data.
This comic was illustrated by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com. Remember kids, the holidays are not just about gifts. More Mashable Comics: - The Angry Birds Finally Get Some Help- The Existential Trouble With Social Gaming - HOW TO: Cheat at Foursquare- We Hold These Tweets To Be Self-Evident- Cats: They’re On the Internet. Santa Claus is coming -- but when? Posted at 4:10 PM ET, 12/23/2010 By Hayley Tsukayama A 55-year-old tradition continues this year as the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, launches its Santa Tracker at 2 a.m. EST on Christmas Eve, with help from Google Earth. NORAD tracks Old Saint Nick with four high-tech systems -- radar, satellites, Santa Cams and fighter jets -- not to mention the help of volunteers and donations to offset the costs. The program started in 1955, when a Sears Roebuck ad in Colorado Springs, Colo., misprinted their number in an ad for a Santa hotline.
Instead of Santa, calls poured in to the Continental Air Defense Command and its director of operations, Col. Harry Shoup. Rather than say, "Sorry, kid, wrong number," he used his tracking equipment to give children the location of Santa Claus. The Google Blog breaks down all the ways you can track Santa online and with your phone: The hearing-impaired should contact their service provider. 8-Year-Old Makes and Donates Teddy Bears - CBS Evening News. BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- Just when you thought the holidays had been hijacked for good by crass commercial interests - along comes a little boy to set everyone straight. CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports on "The American Spirit Of Giving. " Forget the red suit, white beard, and belly. Sometimes Santa goes for a slightly different look.
Justin Martin is all the Santa the children at an inner city school in Newark, N.J., could want. "This is my third year doing it, and so far in all the years I've done it I've given away 2,000 bears," Martin said. Just 8 years old, Justin has a deeper understanding of the holiday spirit than many adults ever will. "What feels better," Axelrod asked.
"The bears that I give," Justin said. To submit an idea for The American Spirit send us an email. Three years ago, when he was just five, Justin got to thinking. (Scroll down to watch the video.) "It's fun yeah to go around and give bears to less fortunate children," Justin said. Justin Charity Bear Fund. First Person: White House Gets Holiday Makeover.