The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) gets a smiley, friendly face once a year on Christmas Eve as it 'tracks' Santa.
It's feel-good silliness that translates as good publicity for the militarization of the United States (and for a system that completely failed the country on 9-11).
Maybe next year they can track Santa with predator drones to help put smiley faces on those instruments of destruction?
Maybe children can even be encouraged to take turns attempting to blow Santa out of the sky with predator drones?
It's all about conditioning them to believe that this is normal and allowing for the further militarization of the country.