Google vs. Microsoft: Santa-tracking systems go out of sync

A woman monitors Santa Claus' progress on Christmas Eve from Washington. The Santa tracker shown on the left-hand screen was set up by Google, while the tracker on the right was set up by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.

Children looking to keep tabs on Santa Claus' whereabouts have two Internet options this Christmas. After NORAD's decision to switch from Google Maps to Microsoft's Bing Maps, Google has started its own Santa-following

The Santa Tracker will start mapping Santa's stops at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Viewers will be able to spot Santa's exact location, where his next stop is, the seconds left until departure and how many presents were dropped off. The Google Santa

Formerly partners, both Google and NORAD are going head-to-head this year in Santa tracking. Already, people are wondering. Why are they showing Santa in different locations at the same time? What's up with Google showing fewer presents delivered

Google has proven in the last couple of years it's very serious when it comes to tracking Santa Claus, and this year is no exception.