Santa's Village
Reindeer Lapland's Santa Connection
You've probably been told that
Santa Claus lives in the
North Pole, right? Well, rumor has it that
Santa actually lives in
Finland. That's right. He apparently lives on
a fell (a fell is a mountain with no trees) called Korvatunturi (Ear Mountain) in Savukoski. Lapland has plenty of
reindeer and lots of food to feed them.
Santa in Korvatunturi
Korvatunturi is 1437 feet (438 meters) high. There are even
two ears at the top. It is said that this way, Santa can hear all the children
around the world. Nobody has seen where Santa, Mrs. Claus, the elves and reindeer live. The journey is so hard and long that even
birds trying to fly there have to stop and rest many times. We do know that Santa set up his own Santa Claus Office at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Lapland in 1985. He goes there every day so children (and adults) can tell Santa what they want for
Christmas. Santa gets about 600,000 letters a year from over 150 countries. There's also a greeting center and the
Santa Claus Plaza.
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