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<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nImagine telling family and friends that you spent the festive holidays in North Pole, and then getting to explain where you really were to their surprised faces when they thought you were singing Jingle Bells on sea ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.<\/p>\n
While the name was originally intended to attract businesses to the town \u2013 \u201cMade in North Pole\u201d has a ring to it \u2013 it has since become the theme around which the city builds and grows upon. With an endearing motto \u201cWhere the spirit of Christmas lives year round\u201c, there aren\u2019t just 12 days of Christmas in North Pole \u2013 the city is blessed with 365.<\/p>\n
If saying you were in North Pole isn\u2019t enough to get your bells a-ringin\u2019, maybe the city\u2019s streets will: Dash through the snow on St Nicholas Drive, ride a one-horse open sleigh past Snowman Lane, and jingle all the way down Mistletoe Lane! Hey!<\/p>\n
Everyone knows that Santa Claus is real, so surely the man has a house to live in, together with his elves and reindeers of course.<\/p>\n
In North Pole, Alaska, Santa lives on 101 St Nicholas Drive, in a white house with red trimmings that is open all year round. The modest home (more of a retail\/gift store, really) is filled with every sort of unique Christmas trinkets and ornaments that visitors can purchase, bringing home a piece of the Christmas spirit with them.<\/p>\n
Arrange for Santa to send a letter to your family and loved ones, or write them a postcard yourself \u2013 either way, they\u2019ll be over the moon when they see the trademark \u201cSanta\u2019s Official Mail\u201d seal and a genuine North Pole postmark in the letterbox.<\/p>\n
And for just USD9.95, I have since become the proud owner of a plot of land in North Pole. All one square inch of it. Yes, that\u2019s right, a \u201ctoehold in the far north\u201d as they say, and I even have a genuine deed to show for it.<\/p>\n
Fancy that \u2013 now I have a place to call my own in North Pole! Guess I\u2019ll be home for Christmas, then. You can count on me.<\/p>\n
Just outside of Santa Claus\u2019 home, a 42-feet tall, larger-than-life man stands towering above visitors, resplendent in his signature red coat and trousers, and sporting that unmistakable white beard.<\/p>\n
Weighing a whopping 900 pounds, he\u2019s the largest, permanent Santa Claus in the world and if that doesn\u2019t bring you joy, I don\u2019t know what else will.<\/p>\n
But if a large Santa scares the jingle bells out of you, you can also choose to meet regular ol\u2019 Santa inside his home, where kids \u2013 and even some adults \u2013 take turns to sit on his lap and tell him what they want for Christmas.<\/p>\n
I should warn you though: If you\u2019re hoping for a gift from the jolly man this Christmas, don\u2019t forget that he knows if you\u2019ve been bad or good so\u2026 be good, for goodness sake!<\/p>\n
Stroll down Santa Claus Lane in North Pole, Alaska, and you will notice something wonderful: Candy canes lining the street!<\/p>\n
Who would have thought that wrapping street lamps in red and white stripes could magically transform a place into a bona fide Christmas-land?<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s not just street lamps that had the candy cane makeover. A fire hydrant, a bus stop, a street sign\u2026 even McDonald\u2019s mounted their Golden Arches on top of a tall pole decked out in candy cane stripes.<\/p>\n
Christmas isn\u2019t complete without a log cabin, a fireplace and a Christmas tree. And in North Pole, Alaska, the Riverbend Log Cabins have exactly all you need.<\/p>\n
Located along the Chena River, the double-storeyed, self-contained cabins are owned by Debi and Bruce, whose idea to build a separate living space for their son eventually became a business venture and my holiday home over Christmas.<\/p>\n
The attention to detail is impeccable \u2013 from the welcome basket of Christmas goodies (think cinnamon chocolates and peppermint tea) to the Christmas-themed decorations (a decorative tree above the fireplace, and even a cute reindeer night-light in the bathroom!) \u2013 it\u2019s impossible not to feel the Yuletide spirit through Debi\u2019s and Bruce\u2019s hospitality.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll even get an open fire going for you along the river if you ask! What better way to spend Christmas than to have chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and Jack Frost nippin\u2019 at your nose?<\/p>\n
hristmas may still be months away, but there\u2019s no reason why you can\u2019t plan for the holidays already. Nobody says you can\u2019t treat yourself to a little Christmas cheer any time during the year.<\/p>\n
Especially in the little city of North Pole in Alaska \u2013 where the spirit of Christmas lives year round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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