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    Caught Santa kissing Mrs Claus — Santa House @ North Pole, Alaska.
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    North Pole: Not on the Naughty List

    June 11, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    We’ve been to the North Pole twice now.

    The first time was with a nuclear icebreaker ... in 2014. That trip was to the “real” North Pole ... at the tippy top of the world.

    Today, our second visit, was to North Pole, Alaska ... right off the Richardson Highway. It’s where the tag line reads, “Where the spirit of Christmas lives year round.” It has streetlights painted to resemble candy canes. It has street names such as St Nicholas Drive and Mistletoe Drive. It has places named the North Pole Hotel, the Santa Claus House, and the Antler Academy ... this last one is where Santa’s reindeer reside when they are not flying around the world!

    From what I understand, the developers so named the place in the hopes of attracting a toy manufacturer that could rightly say that their toys were made at the North Pole. I don’t think the plan worked.

    Anyway, after a quick peek at the Santa Claus House, where we purchased an ornament for our Xmas tree, we continued down the Richardson Highway    Read more