luis: aquí en rovaniemi, donde está la villa de santa claus, a papá noel lo toman muy en serio, no es para menos, a fin de cuentas da trabajo a una buena parte de sus 60 mil habitantes todos los días del año. de chico yo también esperé a santa claus cada noche buena en casa y nunca imaginé que de grande iría a visitarlo a la suya. cuando niño fue imposible sorprenderlo, tampoco lo pude sorprender esta vez. de alguna forma santa sabía que lo estaba buscando. santa: ¿sabes qué es esto? sí, es comida para renos. luis: ni bien lo conocí lo primero que hizo fue llevarme con uno de sus renos para mostrarnos cómo los prepara para el gran día. lo que más les gusta es el like, una combinación entre hongos y algas que para ellos es como una golosina. santa: esto es dulce para ellos. luis: en un raro privilegio me permitió darle de comer a hartz, aprendí rápido que hay que hacerlo con cuidado porque se entusiasma tanto con el like que sin querer podía haber tenido un inesperado encuentro con sus cuernos. luego me dio oportunidad de hacer lo que todos los niños del mundo quis

irene kangasvivi vive en los bosques de rovaniemi cerca de santa claus. cuando fuimos a visitar nos dijo que no está sola porque los duendes la protegen. irene cuenta que en finlandia hay varias clases de duendes. este es el que protege su casa. irene: cuando irene no está aquí nadie puede entrar a la casa, porque yo tengo las llaves. luis: pero también está el duende del bosque, ese es importante, porque antes de construir cualquier estructura entre los árboles, los finlandeses le piden permiso, eso es lo que hizo antes de construir su casa. irene: fuimos al bosque y llevamos un martillo y lo pusimos sobre una roca. era el principio del verano, nos fuimos a dormir esa noche y al día siguiente la herramienta estaba en el mismo lugar. ahí entendimos que el duende estaba de acuerdo, teníamos su permiso. luis: entre todas las clases de duendes que hay en la cultura finlandesa por supuesto están los que ayudan a santa claus. no por nada se fue a vivir al círculo Ártico. >> hola. luis: buenas noches, yo soy luis-- >> yo soy la elfo drina. luis: elf

claus village is an international tourism centre in the middle of the official hometown of santa claus, rovaniemi. we have normally more than 500,000 visitors in a year, they are coming from more than 100 countries. christmastime is the busiest time in our village, and we will receive during the busiest days, more than 5,000 people, and now we will receive maximum one third of that amount. 2,260 kilometres from here is london! finland has imposed strict measures on incoming visitors, effectively closing the borders for international tourists, which means that almost all of the visitors this year are from finland. we try to offer all the visitors that christmas spirit and joy, despite of these challenging times. the most valuable christmas present is that vaccination. after that, we are able to focus and plan for the future. santa receives around half a million letters each year from children around the world. the elves sort them for santa in the post room, and this year they have been as inundated as ever. i am riitta, riitta the elf, and i am working here in santa claus's main post office at the

claus village is an international tourism centre in the middle of the official hometown of santa claus, rovaniemi. we have normally more than 500,000 visitors in a year, they are coming from more than 100 countries. christmastime is the busiest time in our village, and we will receive during the busiest days, more than 5,000 people, and now we will receive maximum one third of that amount. 2,260 kilometres from here is london! finland has imposed strict measures on incoming visitors, effectively closing the borders to international tourists, which means that almost all of the visitors this year are from finland. we try to offer all the visitors that christmas spirit and joy, despite of these challenging times. the most valuable christmas present is that vaccination. after that, we are able to focus and plan for the future. santa receives around half a million letters each year from children around the world. the elves sort them for santa in the post room and this year they have been as inundated as ever. i am riitta, riitta the elf, and i am working here in santa claus‘s main post office at the

claus village is an international tourism centre in the middle of the official hometown of santa claus, rovaniemi. we have normally more than 500,000 visitors in a year, they are coming from more than 100 countries. christmastime is the busiest time in our village, and we will receive, during the busiest days, more than 5,000 people, and now we will receive maximum one third of that amount. 2,260 kilometres from here is london! finland has imposed strict measures on incoming visitors, effectively closing the borders for international tourists, which means that almost all the visitors this year are from finland. santa receives around half a million letters each year from children around the world. the elves sort them for santa in the post room, and this year they've been as inundated as ever. so, i'm riitta, riitta the elf, and i'm working here in santa claus's main post office at the arctic circle. this is a real post office, but also i am helping santa claus with his letters. so children write to santa claus, they make wish lists, also they tell about their families. and the letters, they are a

claus village is an international tourism centre in the middle of the official hometown of santa claus, rovaniemi. we have normally more than 500,000 visitors in a year, they are coming from more than 100 countries. christmastime is the busiest time in our village, and we will receive during the busiest days, more than 5,000 people, and now we will receive maximum one third of that amount. 2,260 kilometres from here is london! finland has imposed strict measures on incoming visitors, effectively closing the borders to international tourists, which means that almost all of the visitors this year are from finland. we try to offer all the visitors that santa receives around half a million letters each yearfrom children around the world. the elves sort them for santa in the post room and this year they have been as inundated as ever. so, i'm riitta, riitta the elf, and i'm working here in santa claus's main post office at the arctic circle. this is a real post office, but also i am helping santa claus with his letters. so children write to santa claus, they make wish lists, also they tell about their