Santa Lives In Greenland, And Wants Your Letters At This Address
We thought Santa was a myth, because really, who lives at the North Pole? It turns out that we we've just been sending our wish lists to the wrong place. Apparently St. Nick's pad is in Greenland, according to the country's tourism bureau.
More specifically, he lives in a secret castle on top of Santa Claus Mountain in Uummannaq. Greenland is connected to the North Pole by ice, so it makes sense that the big guy would reside in the much-more-livable Greenland.
If you want to get your requests into Santa, go to the post office and send them priority to: "Santa Claus, North Pole, Greenland," and the letter will end up in the world's largest mailbox in Nuuk, the country's capital. Every year, thousands of kiddies and adults from around the world write to Santa, filling up the ginormous red mailbox with letters, candy and trinkets. Letters are emptied on Christmas Eve, when they'll undergo the naughty-or-nice review.
If you decide to visit Santa's homeland, don't be disappointed when you find there's no tour of his castle like those that visit celebrities' Hollywood cribs. There's other stuff to do, such as checking out Ilulissat Icefjord, an UNESCO World Heritage Site; getting a glimpse of the Northern Lights; or mushing on a dogsled—reportedly one of Santa's hobbies. But the real sight to see is that big red mailbox.
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· Greenland.com [Official Site]
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