When we look back on the wonder of childhood Christmases, we remember trimming the tree, warm times with family and friends ... and gathering around the television to watch mankind's latest technological development designed to keep tabs on Old Saint Nick.

We kind of always thought that last thing was just something done by second-rate local news teams in towns where nothing ever happens, but these days even big networks, like Fox News, are producing straight-faced Santa stories aimed at ... well, we're not sure. Children? Moronic adults?

All we know is that the news isn't "Sesame Street" and we're not sure it should be wasting valuable resources to keep impressionable children invested in a Christmas lie.

It's possible we're just bitter since we found a stockpile of baby teeth in our parent's drawer years ago, but keep reading to find out about the most sophisticated in Santa-tracking technology. Then tell us if these "news" stories are cute or a big, fat waste of time.

A local Western Ohio, news station using its "Santa cam."


Et tu, NBC?