Santa
Claus has been burned to the ground.
Santa Claus's home traditionally
includes a residence and a workshop where he creates -
often with the aid of elves or other supernatural beings
- the gifts he delivers to good children at Christmas.
Some stories and legends include a village, inhabited
by his helpers, surrounding his home and shop.
In North American tradition (in the United States and
Canada), Santa lives on the North Pole, which according
to Canada Post lies within Canadian jurisdiction in postal
code H0H 0H0, although postal codes starting with H are
usually reserved for the island of Montreal in Québec.
On December 23 2008, Jason Kenney, Canada's minister of
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, formally
awarded Canadian citizenship status to Santa Claus. "The
Government of Canada wishes Santa the very best in his
Christmas Eve duties and wants to let him know that, as
a Canadian citizen, he has the automatic right to re-enter
Canada once his trip around the world is complete,"
Kenney said in an official statement.
Each Nordic country claims Santa's residence to be within
their territory. Norway claims he lives in Drøbak.
In Denmark, he is said to live in Greenland (near Uummannaq).
In Sweden, the town of Mora has a themepark named Tomteland.
The national postal terminal in Tomteboda in Stockholm
receives children's letters for Santa. The Finnish town
Rovaniemi has long been known in Finland as Santa's home,
and has today a themepark called Santa Claus Village... |
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