NORAD Santa Tracker 2025: Watch Father Christmas and his reindeers race across world to deliver gifts – live updates

Santa’s sleigh circled the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building as Father Christmas and his elves made their journey through New York City.

The little boys and girls of the five boroughs were asleep in their beds when the sleigh full of toys traveled over the city, leaving joy and good cheer in its wake.

Santa continued his journey across the East Coast as Christmas Day was about to begin with midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.

Santa could be making his Christmas deliveries at the White House within minutes as his sleigh was spotted by NORAD over Washington DC.

Father Christmas was busy making boys and girls happy across the world on Christmas Eve after spending all year making a list and checking it twice.

He then headed up the East Coast and made his way to New York City.

Santa was being escorted by CF-18 fighter jets as his sleigh approaches St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

NORAD confirmed Santa was being escorted be the Canadian Air Force in case he met any resistance during his flight over North America.

Children in the US could be receiving presents within hours – unless they were naughty.

Santa was busy delivering presents to the good little boys and girls of Greenland.

The reindeer were preparing to make the trek all the way to the US.

Milk and cookies are optional.

Father Christmas has found himself very far from home, as he flies over the Palmer Research Station in Antarctica.

Santa must be thrilled to be able to see all the South Pole wildlife he cannot spot back at the North Pole – most notably penguins, which are not found in the Arctic.

Top of the morning – quite literally! Santa has just reached the capital of Ireland in the small hours of Christmas Day.

Tune into some dashcam footage from Father Christmas’s sleigh below, to watch his reindeers go dashing over the rooftops of all the city’s familiar sights.

It’s official – Santa has made it to the UK!

Watch below as his sleigh passes over some of the most recognisable sights of London, including Big Ben.

Father Christmas and an enormous bundle of presents have been spotted flying in the cold night skies in London, following reports of murmurs of ‘ho ho ho’ being heard.

Father Christmas is set to land in the UK in just a matter of minutes!

Santa Claus, his reindeer helpers and millions of presents will be flying over British soil imminently, Lapland sources have confirmed.

He will first be arriving in Southampton before making his way north.

Father Christmas recently made his way to France which had the Daily Mail thinking the UK might be next.

But it turns out this was a false alarm, with Santa instead making his way over to Spain, to deliver to children in Barcelona and the country’s capital, Madrid.

It seems British children have a little while longer to wait to receive their presents from the big man.

It’s official: Father Christmas is on his way to France.

Santa is making his way to Paris, where children will be delighted to see Pere Noel making a stop.

Just a hop, skip and a jump across the Channel from the city of lights and he will be in the UK. Brits can only hope.

Children anxious to catch a glimpse of Father Christmas will be excited to learn the big man has returned to Europe from Africa.

He is currently heading for the popular coastal destination of Dubrovnik in Croatia, having just sorted out the small nation of San Marino.

His trip to the Balkans, over the Mediterranean Sea, leaves him still around 2,000 miles from this green and pleasant land.

But nevertheless, it seems he is gradually edging ever closer.