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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Santa off to cheer children

Rovaniemi, Finland—Santa Claus has geared up on Christmas eve to deliver, full throttle, Yuletide presents to children around the world, in the different continents, with his helpers giving him a musical send-off at his Lapland home.

Rovaniemi is the administrative capital and commercial center of Lapland province, Finland’s northernmost, only 6 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle—the distance of Makati’s Ayala Avenue and Ortigas Avenue via C-5.

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Families gathered in temperatures of -22 degrees Celsius on Sunday night in Rovaniemi, which calls itself Santa’s official hometown, as his helpers put on a song-and-dance performance to wish him the best of luck on his.

The red-clothed Santa briefly spoke to the crowd, wishing them a peaceful and happy Christmas before leaving on a sleigh to stock it up with presents for his Christmas Eve journey.

“Hope you all have had a great year. Of course, there have been many things in the world that should have been different,” he said in English.

“Hopefully, Christmas would bring a little moment when the world and its people would calm down for a while to spend time with family and friends.”

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