Smithsonian Magazine13d
Why Is Santa From the North Pole? Here’s How the Legend Originated and Why Different Towns Lay Claim to It
Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure ...
India Today on MSN12d
Where does Santa live? Myths, origins, and the global debate
Santa's home remains a mystery, with countries like Finland and Turkiye laying claim to his legend. The origins of Santa ...
Radio Canada International3d
Frigid weekend ahead, Lapland braces for -35°C
On Sunday night and into the morning, North Karelia may see a few centimetres of snow, while the rest of the country will remain mostly dry. The coldest temperatures in Lapland will begin to ease ...
Yahoo24d
Broken bones and starving reindeer: The bleak future of Christmas in Lapland
N.P.” British mythology long pointed towards the North Pole, too, before festive tours in Finnish Lapland took off in the 1980s. Rovaniemi has been declared home of Santa Claus - Getty ...
New York Post23d
Santa Claus ‘hometown’ suddenly overrun with tourists — and locals are protesting in the streets: ‘It’s not anymore in control’
AFP via Getty Images Overtourism has made it all the way to the “North Pole.” A small city in Finland ... Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland and home to the Santa Claus Village theme park ...