This Xmas why not visit Santa Claus?

Here at ProjecTravel we don’t know whether you’ve been naughty or nice, but we do hope it’s been the former and this Christmas you’ll have nothing to worry about. However, in the event that your list may be getting checked twice and some and you’re expecting a lump of coal, we feel an opportunity to present your case to Santa personally is just what is needed. But how on Earth do you track down a guy who’s got a reindeer powered flying sleigh?

Well, we’ve been diligently tracking his movements over the course of the year and are happy to say that you’ll be able to find him in a few places. So pack your suitcases because this is how to visit ol’ Nick Claus.

Since childhood we’ve been told that Santa lives on the North Pole, or there bouts, but his elusive nature and our study of his flight patterns have confirmed that the man himself has a couple of places he resides in. In any case we can’t say he’ll be in any of the following locations at any given point in time, but if you’re positive that you deserve that new iPod – then these are your best bets, plus it never hurts to get Mrs. Claus to put in a good word for you.

The place where Santa has established Xmas Base, and where many of your letters get sent to is the Santa Claus’ Village in Finland – Right on the arctic circle 8km outside of the town of Rovaniemi. Here you’ll find Santa’s office, a post office, and all sorts of other attractions, such as a snow mobile park, Christmas exhibition and others. However if you can’t make it we totally understand, it’s a bit out of the way after all, and the cool thing is that Santa’s been kind enough to put up a webcam of his house. Who’d have thought him to be so digitally advanced.

What we’ve also found out is that the Santa X-Mas Corporation, Ltd. is not in fact limited geographically, but stands firm at the multinational level. As such, he’s also set up shop in the US, and is bi-coastal on top of that. Meaning that you can go visit Santa at either one of the North Poles (yes there are two), one in New York State , and the other in Alaska.

Understandably the North Pole is not an easy place to get to and should you be so inclined to visit Santa’s Workshop, in New York, your best bet would be to either drive down from Montreal, or Burlington Vermont; the drive time to visit Santa is roughly two hours. Driving from NYC will take roughly five hours, and unless you’re headed to Alaska for Xmas, this is probably the better bet.

However, should you be headed for the last frontier, the other North Pole is only 13mi (21km) from Fairbanks, and much more readily accessible, and this is where you’ll be able to visit Santa’s house. Whether he’ll be in or not is a different story, he is a very busy man after all. The great thing about this office is that you can get a personalized letter from Santa with a genuine North Pole postmark, and honestly it’d be a very cool thing for any kid or adult to recieve.

And that’s that, from everyone here at ProjecTravel to everyone there on the other side of the screen, we wish you all Happy Holidays, everything wonderful and a most excellent New Years, and juts for fun here are some other Santa and Holiday related cities. Have a good one everybody.

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