Christmas is couple of weeks away and the preparations for christmas around the world has began. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply "Santa", is the figure who, in most of Western cultures, is described as bringing gifts on Christmas Eve, December 24. The modern depiction of Santa Claus as a fat, jolly man wearing a red coat and trousers with white cuffs and collar, and black leather belt and boots.
Parents across the world tell stories about Santa Claus to their kids. Web 2.0 celebrates Christmas in a different way. Instead of telling stories to their kids about Santa Claus, parents now can visit few sites and convience their kids about Santa Claus stories. Last year Google and {ln:nw:http://www.noradsanta.org/ 'NORAD} worked together to bring a feature where you can track Santa Claus live.
This time you can watch Santa Claus Live, answering your questions, preparing for gifts and talking to people. So here are few things you can show your kids this christmas.
Watch Santa Claus Live - UStream.tv has put up a special page where you can watch Santa Claus Live talking to people, answering your question with the nice christmas music in the background. Check out {ln:nw:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/santa-claus-live 'Santa Claus Live}.
There are few other links where you can watch Santa Claus Live. {ln:nw:http://www.santaclauslive.com/Santa2.asx 'Santa Live Link1} and {ln:nw:http://www.santaclauslive.com/Santa1.asx 'Santa Live Link2}
Track Santa Claus - You’ll be able to track Santa on Google Maps as he makes his way around the world on Christmas Eve. Through a partnership with the {ln:nw:http://www.noradsanta.org/ 'North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)}, which has been in the spirit of helping kids track Santa for 52 years now, you’ll now have additional ways in which to track Santa using a handful of Google tools. This includes Google Maps, Google Earth, iGoogle and YouTube. The site is available in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinse, Dutch & Japanese.