Santa’s Sleigh Practice Runs 2018
✨ 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.
| 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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