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No snow in Santa Land

Dec 10, 2003 1:18AM PST
R O V A N I E M I, Finland, Dec. 9 ? The sleigh's runners hit gravel as Rudolph the reindeer strains, struggling to pull his white-bearded master and precious load through the Lapland forest. Huff! This year, getting presents to children is tough.

There is hardly any snow these days around Santa's village in the town of Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle in Finland, where by tradition Santa descends from his mountain home to greet the children. The locals are worried.

Massive snowstorms have blanketed the northeastern United States, but with only days left until Christmas the townsfolk in Rovaniemi are talking about a repeat of what they call the snowless Black Christmas of 1986.

What began in the 1950s as a shack on the Arctic Circle outside Rovaniemi to mark a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt now lures tourists with Santa's office, a postal center, reindeer and dog-sledding, and a Santa shopping center.


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Travel/World/Santa_No_snow_031209-1.html

Angeline
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