TRAVEL LOG
By Devilish Vikki
This month my editor Richard let me pick my destination but this
month it’s more like research for another article I came across a tiny obituary that said Santa had died. First in 2012 then again in 2014 there are also reports of Santa being a Goat man; because he has a beard (like a goat) is never seen ...and likes to eat all the things left out for him like a goat (Kids don’t believe this...Santa is very much alive and well). As we all know, Santa lives in the North pole; so, that's where I started. I packed extra mittens and my best boots, and off I went... to the North Pole.
On a 7 hour and 20 minute flight, I choose the red-eye; so I could do more investigating on the plane. As I did more work on this, I found out a lot of places claim to be the true home of Santa.
In the North Pole there is The Arctic Circle city of Royaniemi in
Finland and the North Pole. In Alaska, the city of North Pole. and Canada there is a North pole also in the UK it’s just an address...but I knocked on each door and traveled many miles. Elves answered the door and those lil bastards opened the door too wide; I swear, I thought I saw someone looking like Santa. Doors opened by an elf makes me think (Santa must be alive & well). Looking around outside, I saw reindeer foot prints in the snow.
Then I was pulled into a barn in Canada. Bruno is from New York . He's in charge of the reindeer, and the sleigh “Please print this...many people have more than one home and that is the same for Santa. If you saw him, when he did not want to be seen... you would lose the magic that is Christmas” I said thank you to Bruno as he put out a cigarette.
Looking for Santa, I was hoping to get a selfie with the man; he
declined the photo. He did however, give me a sit down interview with Mrs. Claus they were both very sweet people. We talked, and I got to ask them a few questions...
“Why all the cookies and milk?” The answer to that is easy. Santa says with a chuckle, "It’s my favorite snack. " Mrs. Claus added "if he had a healthy snack, he eat that too he needs snacks".
How long have you two been in love? And was it love at first sight? All I got was a simple yes in unison.
Don't you get tired of doing all this in one night? “That's simple, I don't do it alone I have help. Many people throw parties for kids during t the holiday season... and a shout out too all my biker friends who have biker runs for toys for tots. (Please remember not all things, or people that look bad are bad.”
Why have you granted this interview with me? “Well Vikki, I know you are one of the few adults pure enough in your heart to believe in me and the magic of the season.
Hey Santa one more thing. Do you like, merry Christmas, happy holidays or what? “That's an easy one Vikki. You see, it really doesn't matter what you say; as long as you say it in good spirit, and don't forget Hanukkah and Kwanzaa they're part of the holiday also.”
And with that I was asked, “Please no more questions. This is our busiest time of year. Please tell your readers not to believe all the things on the internet about me. I am alive and well.”
With that I left...and got back home. Some things I will never tell about Santa. However, he in no way is a goat man....thank you Santa
The US Mailing address is as follows:
Santa Claus,
P.O. Box 56099,
North Pole,
Alaska
99705
His mailing address in Great Britain is as follows:
Father Christmas (Santa Claus),
Santa’s Grotto,
North Pole, SAN TA1
His mailing address in Canada (via the
national postal service, Canada Post) is as follows:
Santa Claus,
North Pole,
Canada H0H 0H0
His mailing address in Finland is as follows:
Santa Claus,
Santa Claus Village,
FIN-96930
Arctic Circle, Finland