While The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa Claus from 4 a.m. to midnight on Christmas Eve, Local 10 News has followed his busy agenda ahead of his stops in Miami-Dade County.

Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by a tuckered herd of flying reindeer.

The griping Vatican-based movie thriller “Conclave” about picking a new pope and Stephanie Hsu starring in the dark comedy series “Laid” as a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Christmas is right around the corner and Christmas Wonderland at Tropical Park will open for the season this week.

A decades-old South Florida holiday tradition won’t be happening this Christmastime.

A traveling carnival worker is facing an aggravated battery charge in Miami-Dade County after stabbing a man while waiting in a food line at Santa’s Enchanted Forest just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Medley police.

This holiday season, for the first time, Miami-Dade’s Tropical Park turned into “Christmas Wonderland.”

North American military assets are keeping a sharp eye on Santa's travels.

Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now.

The Bank of England has kept borrowing rates unchanged despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy.

Jill Biden has chosen a White House holiday décor that she hopes will inspire guests to feel like kids again.

Christmas is back on at Tropical Park. According to a brief sent to Local 10 News on Friday, a judge has denied Santa’s Enchanted Forest’s preliminary lawsuit against the new Holiday themed park, Christmas Wonderland.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest is kicking off the Holiday season in South Florida with a tree lighting ceremony for their opening night celebration on Thursday.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest is suing Miami-Dade County over a new attraction taking its place at Tropical Park.

Cher is obviously a superstar but even a superstar is happy to be the opening act when it comes to Santa.

The Salvation Army of Broward County is hosting its fourth annual Kettle Krush 5K. The festive fundraiser lets you walk, run or roll in your favorite holiday costume to raise funds for families in need.

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis also has a busy career as a children’s author.

A 10-year-old boy received his Christmas miracle granted after a U.S. Postal Service worker noticed his letter.

Thousands of travelers have been stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a massive storm snarled travel in the U.S. and Canada.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency as wintry weather moves through the state.

Let's get the Elf on the Shelf to work for us this year (and hopefully every year moving forward).

This year the Christmas-themed park is at a much larger property, but it has some stinky neighbors in Medley and Doral.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest is kicking off the Holiday season in South Florida with a tree lighting ceremony for their opening night celebration on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The popular South Florida Christmas theme park Santa's Enchanted Forest is expanding.

Nearly two years into a global health crisis that has killed more than 5 million people, infections are again sweeping across parts of Western Europe.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest is officially open in its new location in Hialeah.

The grand opening of Santa’s Enchanted Forest is finally almost here — this time, at its brand new location in the heart of Hialeah.

Santa's Enchanted Forest opens its doors for its first holiday season at Hialeah Park Thursday, Nov. 4.

Santa’s Enchanted Forest has found a new home for the 2021 holiday season, in Hialeah.

Pull your Santa hat and ugly Christmas sweater from the far corners of your closet.

Did Santa bring you a new air fryer for Christmas this year?

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Merry Christmas, South Florida. Santa brought the cold from the North Pole, but that didn’t keep people from heading out to Miami Beach. While it’s not a white Christmas, it’s still a cold Christmas for South Florida. After starting Christmas morning in the mid 60s, temperatures were hovering in the upper 50s to lower 60s throughout the day. Other temps:Pompano Beach, 57Fort Lauderdale, 58Hialeah, 58Miami, 58Hialeah, 58Pembroke Pines, 59Homestead, 59Marathon, 61Key West, 61A strong northwest wind will keep the cold air flowing into South Florida.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Whether you see it as a welcome surprise from Santa or just a lump of cold, South Florida is getting a chilly Christmas this year. That would be the coldest Christmas Day here since the 1990s. South Florida could see some spotty showers on Christmas Eve as the cold front moves in. If #Miami has a high temperature of 63° on #Christmas as is forecast, it will be the coldest Christmas high since 1995 (and 1983 before that). The record coldest Christmas high is 51°, set in 1983.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Santa dropping gifts through your chimney is going to coincide with temperatures dropping across South Florida. While we can expect a warm Christmas Eve, Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris forecasts that the Christmas Day high temperature will be before sunrise, with the mercury then falling throughout Friday. He has the forecast high for Friday at 66 degrees, which would be the coolest Christmas in Miami this century — since 1999, to be exact. Much of South Florida could see temps as low as the 50s on Christmas, and it will get even colder heading into Saturday, when low temperatures are forecasted to dip into the 40s and some parts of the region could experience wind chills in the 30s. For the latest forecast information, head over to the Local 10 Weather Authority page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – You can start dreaming of a cool Christmas, South Florida. The forecast high for Friday in Miami is 66 degrees, Local 10 meteorologist Julie Durda says, which would be the city’s coldest Christmas Day since 1999. That cold front could bring some scattered showers to dampen Santa’s travels through South Florida on Christmas Eve. After you open your presents, Julie is projecting that the coldest air of the season will come Saturday — with temperatures potentially dropping into the 40s. And fellow Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris says temperatures that low make it possible for frozen iguanas to start dropping from the trees.

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’Tis the season to give, and we have a feeling this might be one of the best ways yet to do exactly that.

After 34 years of entertaining South Florida residents during the holiday season, the end may be near for Santa’s Enchanted Forest. Miami-Dade County is currently looking for proposals to replace the makeshift theme park which resides at Tropical Park for nearly two months at the end of every year. Since 1984, the owners of Santa’s Enchanted Forest have leased the land from the county with the current agreement set to expire on March 14. With rides, food stands and holiday displays featuring more than three million lights, Santa’s Enchanted Forest has become a holiday favorite and traditional visit for many in South Florida. Park management says more than one million people visit Santa’s Enchanted Forest each year.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A man who looks a lot like Santa robbed a bank Monday and yelled “Merry Christmas” as he threw the stolen money into the street. David Oliver claimed to have a weapon when he walked into a Colorado Springs bank and took the money. Witnesses say after leaving the bank, Oliver grabbed money out of the bag and threw it into the street while yelling his holiday greeting. After spreading his own version of Christmas cheer, Oliver sat down and waited for the police to arrive. KKTV reports bystanders collected the money and returned it to the bank.

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Depending on which country they’re from, the kids may ask about Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Saint Nick or Santa Claus. But they all want to know one thing: where in the world the jolly old man and his sleigh full of gifts are on Christmas Eve. Operation NORAD Tracks Santa has evolved from a misdirected telephone call in 1955, to a trailer parked outside the command’s former lair deep inside Cheyenne Mountain, to NORAD ’s modern-day headquarters at Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base. And it takes a village of 1,500 volunteers to field emails and the 140,000 or so telephone calls to 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723). Volunteers are equipped with an Operations Center Playbook that helps ensure each and every caller can go to sleep happy and satisfied on Christmas Eve.

It’s hard enough traveling the world in one night, but doing it in a fully loaded suit, and in Florida! Well, hundreds of Santa’s took a shot at it, jingle bell jogging across Miami Lakes, Saturday morning. Hundreds of Santa's participate in the Miami Lakes Jingle Bell Jog 5k. (WPLG)The Miami Lakes Jingle Bell Jog 5K is an annual event that champions all things associated with the festive winter holiday. All participants received a fully loaded Santa Suit, complete with a hat, coat, belt, beard, and, of course, jingle bells.

If you’ve ever been to a holiday cookie swap, then you know just how intense and daunting they can be.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A secret Santa surprised shoppers who had some toys on layaway at a Pembroke Pines Walmart. The toys were stashed away for weeks and in some cases, even months as part of layaway plans for the holidays. Monday, those toys were still waiting to be paid for, until a secret Santa stepped in. The Gummakonda Reddy Foundation paid the balance on the accounts, and the customers then received a notice that their new balance was only a penny. Shekar Reddy is the secret Santa behind the surprise.