Father Christmas' 24-hour trip around the world is well underway, a yearly and much-anticipated Santa-tracker is showing. After touching upon dozens of countries including Singapore and Indonesia, Santa reached Europe shortly after 7pm GMT, delivering already more than 2.7 billion presents to children in Oceania, east and south-east Asia, and the Middle East. As it has been doing for decades, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which normally monitors the skies for any security threats, is tracking all his movements this Christmas eve.

As usual, Santa is being accompanied by his team of reindeers, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, all led by Rudolph.

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