While people may realize that Santa Claus comes from Finland, few get the chance to meet the big man near his home. We were fortunate enough to make the trek to his secret forest – Joulukka – outside the town of Rovaniemi (where we stayed at Santa Claus Village, of course). In what seemed like the quickest two hours of our lives, we met some jolly elves, got a tour of Santa’s secret command center and spent some quality time with Santa himself!
On the bus listening to the elves’ stories 
The elves at the secret forest 
Checking out a tiny elf’s house 
Warming up with roasted marshmallows 
Inside the secret command center listening to kids across the world 
Checking out the mail sorter 
Sitting with Santa 
Big group shot! 
Outside the command center 
Kick sleds with Santa 
Checking out the reindeer (behind us) 
Bye bye, Santa!
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