christmas festivities got underway at the union scare -- ewan union square restaurant. >> a struggle to be able to get food so i'm trying to teach them to be happy and thankful for what they get. >> tomorrow the officers will distribute the toys to homeless and needy children on the streets of san francisco. organizers say this year the need has been feater than ever. they are still accepting toys if you happen to be driving by lucky0s today. >> a record number of people are keeping tabs on santa. the big man's trackers at nor rad say they're fielding 4,000 calls an hour. we have a link to the santa tracker on abc7news.com. click on "see it on tv". norad, the north american air space defense command in colorado, hat followed santa's journey every year since 1955. in addition to the web site and facebook and twitter pages, accept has new tracking app for all you cool kid with your smartphones. >> when i was growing up we put quill to parchment and we waited and the gifts showed up. >> even had the cookies and milk. >> that's right. have to get that app. >> my daughter would like that.