For the majority of the year, kids can be sure that Santa Claus is at the North Pole. Sure, he’ll make an appearance at a local mall or Christmas parade in December. But on Christmas Eve, he could be just about anywhere. Thanks to the North American ...

Santa has been spotted this holiday season taking in the dazzling sights at Westchester Winter Wonderland, Cross County Center, and numerous Christmas tree lightings throughout the Lower Hudson Valley. For the most accurate data on Santa's flight path, see NORAD's live Santa-tracking map.

Depending on weather, the reindeer typically take off early Christmas Eve morning at the North Pole, and head to Australia and New Zealand.

Though the traditions of Christmas extend for more than a millennium, the internet age has brought with it a confounding new development of the holiday season: Santa Claus — yes, the white-bearded, red-suited North Pole resident responsible for delivering gifts around the world on Christmas Eve — is officially an influencer.