Santa Claus is very much real and lives in a village in Finland. Rovaniemi ... Rovaniemi is the capital of Lapland and is home to the Santa Claus Village, a theme park that retells the story ...

the small city of Rovaniemi becomes a magnet for tourists wanting to soak up the spirit of Christmas. On the edge of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland, the ‘official home of Santa Claus ...

Hidden away in the snowy north of Finland is Santa’s Official Post Office. The sorting center, located in Rovaniemi ... complete with traditional Lapland decorations, a wardrobe of elf-wear ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP ... capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi, which happily calls itself the “official hometown of Santa Claus.” The Santa Claus Village theme park, which attracts ...

A girl and her mom are welcomed by Santa Claus at his office in the Santa Park near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland ... according to research published by Finland-based scientists in the journal ...