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The home of Santa Claus
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:09:02
Publish Date: 2021-12-24 09:00:00
Description: Rovaniemi, a small town in Lapland, is home to dozens of Christmas tourist attractions and is widely considered the unofficial home of Santa Claus. The town had to re-invent itself after being flattened during the Arctic campaign in World War Two, and was inspired to become a Christmas destination by a visit from the American first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. Rovaniemi now gets more than half a million visitors a year. Petra Zivic talks to two local residents. PHOTO: Father Christmas in his "office" near Rovaniemi (Getty Images)
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