Exclusive Christmas Eve Broadcast of Santa's Departure From the North Pole on SantaSpeaking.com's Santa Tracker 2004

Exclusive Christmas Eve Broadcast of Santa's Departure From the North Pole on SantaSpeaking.com's Santa Tracker 2004

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa's Big Departure from the North Pole is broadcast Live this year from SantaSpeaking.com thanks to Vision Animation Studios, and Run Level 5 who worked to create a new and improved Christmas Eve experience for kids. The North Pole Departure is CG animation similar to popular kid's movies such as The Polar Express, and Toy Story.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041220/NYM078 )

Children can log on to http://www.santaspeaking.com/TrackSanta.aspx on Christmas Eve to watch this big event at precisely 12:01 PM, no matter where the viewer is -- or what their time zone is, they will see Santa's Sleigh and the Reindeer Team as they leap into the air to start their Christmas journey to visit children.

Kids will have full access to the Santa Tracker and can view details of Santa's trip via Santa's Radar Meter, Flight Plan, and Santa's Sleigh Systems. They will see how many houses Santa has visited, how many cookies he has eaten, and watch the Sleigh-odometer to see how fast the reindeer are traveling.

The Big Departure video was created by Vision Animation Studios and Run Level 5, film production artists who specialize in CG special effects for feature films such as Sweet Dreams, a full length digitally animated movie for kids scheduled for theaters Christmas 2006. Their work can also be seen in movies such as Burn, Trail of the Condor, and The House; video games such as View Point, Jaxe of Fluid Games and also commercials such as HYPA Sport, and Digi Bee products. "We'll make even the Santa skeptics believe!" says Mike Herzog, owner of Vision Animation Studios.

"We want parents to know that it is extremely important to visit the site early so they can take the 'Pre-Flight' check on the Santa Tracker to ensure that the computer the kids are using is synchronized with Santa's computer," says Anne Gaskell, owner of SantaSpeaking.com. Parents will need to follow through the steps of the Pre-Flight check to ensure that their browser is set properly, and that the time and date match Santa's time and date exactly.

Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041220/NYM078
AP PhotoExpress Network: PRN3
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: SantaSpeaking.com

CONTACT: Anne Gaskell, owner of SantaSpeaking.com, +1-712-251-4075,
press@santaspeaking.com; or Mike Herzog of Vision Animation Studios,
1-818-999-FILM, visionanimation@sbcglobal.net; or Nathaniel Dickerson of Run
Level 5 Creative Imaging, +1-314-361-8155, rl5ci@sbcglobal.net

Web site: http://www.santaspeaking.com/
http://www.santaspeaking.com/TrackSanta.aspx


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