To many the very mention of Christmas brings up images of a jolly-faced Santa Claus. Santa Claus is an integral part of Christmas festivities around the Globe. The happy legend of Santa flying around the world in his sleigh drawn by reindeer to the homes of little children and stuffing their stockings with the gifts they have longed for, brings smiles and joy the world over.When Santa has finished with dispensing his goodies to the world’s children, where does he go back to? Where does he live? Well, according to the people of Finland, Santa lives in the northern part of their country, known as Lapland. He lives in a place called Korvatunturi. It is said that the route to his home is a secret he closely guards and known to only a few elves and his faithful reindeer.
The word Korvatunturi means Ear-Mountain, because the mountain there resembles a ear. Santa is believed to use those ears to listen to the wishes of Children. You would certainly need huge ears to listen to the wishes of all the world’s children at the same time.
Santa gets about 600000 mails from his little friends around the world. The legend of Santa Clause also draws hordes of tourists during the Christmas season.
Korvatunturi has facilities for a lot of activities such as fishing, water rafting, sightseeing the beautiful Arctic scenery and snow-mobile safaris. Santa sure knows how to keep his guests entertained.
Related links: http://www.santaclaus.fi/
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When Santa has finished with dispensing his goodies to the world’s children, where does he go back to? Where does he live? Well, according to the people of Finland, Santa lives in the northern part of their country, known as Lapland. He lives in a place called Korvatunturi. 
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