Day 114: Santa Claus Village

Date: 24 DEC 2008

Its Xmas eve and where could be a better place to go to other than to pay a visit to the Santa Claus Village? And so I made my way there.



And I was greeted by a huge snowman upon my arrival. For your info, the Finnish built their snowman using 3 snowballs instead of the 2.



As I walked into the village, I saw more Snowman.



For your information, the Santa Claus village is located above the polar circle, also known as, the Artic circle. So what exactly is the arctic circle? Check it out.





And where is it? That dotted white line is the arctic circle.



Cool isn't it? Considering I made it so far away from home. Anyway, you might wonder what is the purpose of coming to the Santa Claus Village? Well to meet Santa Claus ofcourse. But as I got there early, the Santa Claus office was not yet open. So I went around taking some pictures.



















Check out the temperature.



His office is finally open!!



And there he is!!! I have met Santa on Xmas eve!!! YEAH!! This place brings out the child in everyone.



You will be surprise after meeting him because after he asked where you are from, he will talk to you in your language!! Leaving his office, I went to his post office when I sent a postcard with a special santa claus post ink!! This is the only place in the world to get that ink stamp!!





Guess who else do I see here? When you have Santa, you will have the elves!!











WOH!! Do you know that you can send Santa claus a letter? See how many letters Santa had received so far? The number is massive!!





With so many letters, Santa have to do something about it right? How about helping the children?



More pictures taken in his post office.











Ok, now that you know that I am very far up north away from home. But how far exactly? I am now 9493km away from Singapore!!



This place is a winter paradise. Just check out all the things you can do here.



























Then I met 2 Japaneses who were "dressed up" as santa claus.







Check out the Artic Nomads.









How about a house built out of ice?







You can go for a ride on a snow mobile,





Or you can go on a Reindeer!! See how cute they are.

























I did not go for any rides but did the 2 Japanese girls did.



Xmas World Road. What a nice road name.



More pictures taken.













Now that I have seen one of the Arctic Animal, how can I miss out the other one? So I went to see the husky!! They were so lovely.











































Then back to the arctic circle.



Here's the Lat and Long of it. The actual location of it.



This is where it is on the globe.



And thats me crossing the Arctic Circle. Yeah!!!



More pictures.













I really hope to see these Northern Lights.



After a long visit to the santa Village, I went back to Rovaniemi and took a walk around this small but lovely town.







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Temperature is -4 centigrade







I will definitely travel in a camper van one day.



On the way back home, I saw this lovely snow lamp.



Since it was Xmas, I decided to made myself a nice dinner.



And so I had my dinner with a beer while watching movies on my laptop.



I dont even need to put the beers in the fridge to chill them, I just need to leave them outside. The temperature is cold enough.



I then went for an international Xmas service in the local church. It was kind of interesting cause since it was an international service, it was being conducted in different languages. Just imagine, the same song being same in different languages at the same time. Anyway, on the way I passed by lots of houses and I realised that all houses have the same candle light.



Pictures taken before and after the service.









This is the Church.



After the service, on the way back.





Even though it was Xmas, I still felt lonely as I had to spend this festive of joy alone. Felt kind of sad though. I know I should not but I somehow do.



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