If you can’t make it to Rovaniemi, Finland, which bills itself as ‘the Official Hometown of Santa Claus,’ there are several yuletide locales in the U.S.
It seems nutty as a holiday fruitcake, but in remote northernmost Finland, I wondered if a familiar, ho-ho-ho-ing big fellow might pilot my jetliner . Large overhead signs proclaimed I was in “Santa’s Official Home Airport,” where presumably passengers accrue frequent flyer miles by commercial planes or Prancer and Vixen. The runway even crosses the Arctic Circle in this elf-euphoric city of Rovaniemi that celebrates Christmas a dizzying 365 days a year. I believe in elves.
Think you turn into a grinch when before Halloween, stores grossly overflow with pallets of peppermint bark and advent calendars for dogs? Bah humbug! These amusing, festive towns offer 12 months of unending yuletide joy and embrace that an iconic white-bearded gent is the guy next door:Santa and an elf likely discuss toy orders in Santa’s office in Rovaniemi, Finland, arduously marketed as Santa’s hometown.
Far from Finland, this quirky 4.1-square mile town is also nowhere near the real North Pole , but it is “Where It’s Christmas Every Day!” Streets are adorned with candy canes and baubles year-round and sport names such as Blitzen Drive, Mistletoe Drive and Kris Kringle Drive; City Hall is located on Snowman Lane.
If you’re seeing double in town, that’s because another Santa Claus lives among the 2,200 residents. This more unconventional Santa legally changed his name and is a self-dubbed “democratic socialist,” Christian monk and medical marijuana supporter. He also served on the North Pole City Council and recently ran for a Congressional seat.Santa Claus’ “house” is in his Santa’s Workshop village in North Pole, New York. Children bring him their wish lists.
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