Aviation related, every year NORAD tracks Santa as he makes his way around the world. But why? Why would a military organization do something like this? Are they trying to turn Christmas into just another marketing gimmick for the armed forces?
Well here is the reason why, and it goes back to 1955 and typo in a Sears ad:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...a-typo/282388/