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Since the release of the classic Toon Santa, Meshbox has designed many versions of the Jolly Old Elf, including NORAD Santa. Other Santas include Gentleman Santa, Steampunk Santa and even a Hipster Santa, but it's the classic version that kids of all ages watch travel around the world every Christmas Eve. Toon Santa's world has also steadily grown into a village of Santa's, supporting figures, and buildings to more than 100 Toon Santa-related creations for use in both Poser and other programs. These also make appearances on the NORAD website. "Some of the art on the site comes from us, while other art used in various promotions includes other corporate contributors. In 2018, Adobe provided some animation that included our character work, for example. In previous years, Toon Santa showed up on 'real world cross-overs' such as advertisements at the Denver airport, commercials on airlines, an opening of the New York Stock Exchange and even on an episode of Hawaii 5-0," Fredricks said. Meshbox Designs has also contributed other art found on the NORAD Santa Tracker website, including some scenes and even music. Other corporate sponsors help to track Santa on his annual journey. A satellite tracking company uses Meshbox's 3D model to represent where Santa is on the globe on Christmas Eve. "Although many contributors are corporations, we set aside our business hats to do something for free, which make people happy all over the world," Fredericks said. For more information and to try out Poser, visit: www.posersoftware.com/poser-12-free-trial