FILE - Santa tracker volunteer Meghan Huyck, right, and other volunteers answer phone calls from children all over the world at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2017. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)

FILE - This image provided by NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command, responsible for monitoring and defending the skies above North America — shows NORAD's Santa Tracker. (NORAD via AP, File)

FILE - NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Volunteers answer phone calls from around the world Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock /The Gazette via AP)

Air Force Col. Amy Glisson and other volunteers answer phone calls from around the world Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock /The Gazette via AP)

Volunteers answer phone calls from around the world Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock /The Gazette via AP)

FILE – Canadian Lt. Maj. Chris Hache takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2017. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)