Riitta Laakso was recently on a flight to Cebu where a stewardess asked the passengers where Santa Claus lives, as part of a trivia game.
The winner who yelled “North Pole” was given a prize for the correct answer. But Laakso disagreed. She later took the stewardess aside to tell her that Santa actually lives in Rovaniemi. Which is Santa’s official hometown located in northern Finland.
There, ‘Santa Claus keeps the Christmas spirit alive, works 365 days a year to spread warmth and friendship. He also receives and answers letters in his office, preparing gifts with help from his elves – and in the company of his reindeers.’
Far in distance, close by heart
Laakso is married to Juha Pyykko, Finland’s Ambassador to the Philippines. But her knowledge of Santa Claus comes from her own memories of the Santa Claus Village about 830 km from Helsinki. She used to spend days there with her family after Christmas to ski and enjoy the holidays, according to Inquirer.
But if Filipinos don’t know about this village in Finland, it’s no disappointment. The countries are so far from one another geographically speaking. So how would they? However, Pyykko is determined to bring the two contries closer to one another in spirit and relation.
You can read more about the interview with Pyykko by Inquirer right here.
… Except he doesn’t. In reality, Santa lives neither in Finland nor in Norway. It is a clear case of identity theft, says people in Greenland – the self ruled island just below the North pole from where Santa conveniently flies in any direction south following the time zone.
https://polarjournal.ch/en/2020/12/24/santa-claus-lives-in-greenland/
This is all Finnish propaganda. The proven home of Santa is in Drøbæk in Norway. https://www.visitgreateroslo.com/en/drobak-and-oscarsborg/articles/santa-claus-in-drobak/
How come she doesn’t know Rovaniemi is just a tourist destination. Santa lives on Korvatunturi. .