A mom moved her family from North Pole, Alaska, to Florida to give her kids better childhoods. They can be outside year-round and have more opportunities.

The Spokane Airport offers non-stop flights to cities around the country – but this weekend, one flight with some very special passengers took off for the North Pole. For the last 21 years ...

Santa Claus House ([800] 588-4078) https://www.santaclaushouse.com, at 101 St. Nicholas Drive, is the primary attraction in North Pole, Alaska. Here, kids can chat with Santa and help feed his ...

Charles Mason/Special to The OregonianNorth Pole's Santa Claus House has a giant St. Nick -- a landmark 43-foot-high Santa weighing 900 pounds -- greeting traffic on Alaska's Richardson Highway.

In the town of North Pole, Alaska, lives a man named Santa Claus. It is his legal name, and he is more than just Kris Kringle. He’s a chaplain, turned Christian monk, turned city council member.

North Pole, Alaska, isn’t the “real” North Pole, where Santa Claus lives with his workshop, elves, and reindeer—it’s actually 1,700 miles south of that one. ... But kids don’t know that.

Santa Claus is photographed Sunday afternoon December 6, 2020 in North Pole, Alaska. (Photo by Eric Engman) He had no interest in doling out candy canes at department stores in a polyester suit.

North Pole Police Arrest Six 7th-Graders For Plotting School Attack. ... Alaska Kids' School Shooting Stopped. April 23, 2006 / 12:41 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...

In this 2008 file photo, Patrick Farmer dresses up as St. Nick at the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, where an actual resident is legally named Santa Claus.

North Pole, Alaska, exudes a festive, enchanting atmosphere year-round, but during the Christmas season, the town truly transforms into a magical winter wonderland and is easily one of the most ...

North Pole, Alaska — Along the Richardson Highway in the Alaskan interior, “towns” — and that’s being generous — often spring up for a single purpose: to provide food, water and, of ...