Santa is officially on his way and here's how you can track him

Santa Claus is certainly on form this year as he has already delivered over one billion presents.

The magic of Christmas is certainly alive and nothing shows that more than checking how on schedule Santa Claus is.

While many have been able to kick their feet up and take some very needed rest, others have been getting to work, like good ol' Saint Nick.

The man has already left the North Pole and is dropping off presents to every single child on his nice list, as well as giving coal to the bad ones this year.

Thanks to the wonders of technology, you no longer need to stay up late and stare out the window listening for the hoofs on the roof.

Instead, you can just check in on the Santa Claus tracker and see what progress he is making.

Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) are tracking Santa's sleigh as it flies around the world.

At the time of writing, with the help of his reindeer, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and red-nosed Rudolph, Santa has managed to deliver over 1.3 billion presents globally.

He is currently working his way through Asia and is ready to get stuck into dropping off presents to the all girls and boys there.

The busiest worker over the holiday period (NORAD)

On NORAD Tracks Santa website, believers can follow his journey and check out some of the stops he has already made, as well as learn about the cities he stopped off in.

But if you are happy for me to spoil the magic of how its done, keep reading.

Experts from the US and Canada team up each year to use a a series of satellites to keep watch for signs of Santa and his Reindeer, with over 1,250 volunteers making sure you know where he is on Christmas Eve.

NORAD first started to track Santa back in 1955, making this the 69th time they've followed his progress through the skies.

So while you might see Santa jinggling all the way in the skies it isn’t quite clear how he actually manages to deliver all the presents in such a rapid amount of time.

An AI Bot has thankfully offered the answer. When asked, it said: "To visit every house in the world in a single night, Santa would have to move at an incredibly fast speed.

"Estimates vary, but some calculations suggest that Santa would have to visit around 390,000 houses per minute. This means he would have less than a thousandth of a second to spend at each house! Santa's magical abilities and the spirit of Christmas make this feat possible in the realm of holiday folklore."