Santa’s Sleigh Practice Runs 2018

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✨ Fill the kids with a little Christmas magic and make-believe as you watch Santa whizz through the sky in his sleigh on the run up to Christmas!

(Shhh, it’s really the International Space Station)✨

⭐️Spotting the station is very easy and you don’t need any special equipment. You only need your eyes!

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As you watch the ISS pass overhead, you can spread a little Christmas magic and tell the kids it’s Santa in his sleigh practising for Christmas Eve.

✨A little bit of magic goes a long way with young children. You never know, seeing the magic of Santa’s sleigh (the ISS passing overhead) could inspire and encourage their imagination to believe in the magic of Christmas! This has become very popular and one of the most favourite magical Christmas traditions with our followers over the years with thousands reporting back the delight it has given to their Christmas festivities.

Or you could tell them it’s the International Space Station and leave them in awe and inspiration to become a future astronaut. But most of all it’s fun…

COOL FACTS

The ISS is the largest space station/laboratory ever built. It can be spotted with the naked eye at certain times as it orbits Earth at 17500mph at an altitude of roughly 200 miles.

HERE ARE THE TIMES FOR 2018

Visible from the UK

*PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED!

Direction includes where the ISS enters visibly in the sky and where it exits.

**EDITED TIMES/PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO CHRISTMAS EVE PASS OVERHEAD THIS YEAR!
7TH DEC Bright   Starts
17:23pm
Direction
Enters
W
Highest point
17:26pm
Finishes
17:28pm
Direction
Exits
ESE
 visible
8TH DEC Bright   Starts
18:08pm
Direction
Enters
W
Highest point
18:10pm
Finishes
18:11pm
Direction
Exits
S
  visible
9TH DEC Bright   Starts
17:15pm
Direction
Enters
W
Highest point
17:18pm
 Finishes
17:21pm
Direction
Exits
ESE
 visible
10TH DEC Bright   Starts
17:59pm
Direction
Enters
W
Highest point
18:01pm
   Finishes
18:03pm
Direction
Exits
SSE
 visible
11TH DEC Bright   Starts
17:07pm
Direction
Enters
W
Highest point
17:09pm
 Finishes
17:12pm
Direction
Exits
SE
 visible
12TH DEC Bright   Starts
17:51pm
Direction
Enters
WSW
Highest point
17:55pm
   Finishes
17:49pm
Direction
Exits
S
 visible

 What an exciting way to start your Christmas festivities! Set your alarms & head outside to spot him. The kids will be like bottles of pop its also the perfect activity to combine with a christmas elf visit as your elf pops back and forth to the North Pole!

(**There will be NO Christmas Eve pass overhead!**)

Why not also check out our STAR GAZING FUN IDEAS?

You have a Christmas Elf visiting? Check out our ELF ON THE SHELF IDEAS!

 

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