Okay, I don't want to hear any of your nonsense about Santa living at the north pole.
Joulupukki (which is the name for the official santa/father christmas/st. nicholas type gift-giving entity in these parts) lives in Finnish lapland, with his workshop near Korvatunturi (which means ear mountain - so that is how he hears what all of you good/bad boys/girls have been up to; as well as his tontu keeping an eye on you of course). It's obvious if you think about it - where do reindeer live? Lapland! And what pulls Santa's sleigh...? Exactly! These days he also has an office in Rovaneimi - from where he starts off to deliver christmas presents at 7pm on Christmas eve - if you don't believe me you can see it broadcast live.
Also that stuff about coming down chimneys at midnight is wrong too, as every Finnish child will tell you joulupukki often comes into the home on christmas eve about 7pm (so still a bit magical to do that everywhere at once...) after the Chrismas meal and hands over the goods in person - none of that skulking around eating mince pies, drinking sherry and not being seen around here than you very much.
Of course this could all been started by eating the wrong kind of mushrooms, but at least these days joulupukki doesn't have horns, or demand presents from frightened children as he was said to in the past.
So it just remains to be asked: Onkos täällä kilttejä lapsia?
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