The city of North Pole, the de facto Christmas capital of America, does its best to live up to the name. But it’s rather a large responsibility for such a modest place.
Visitors pose with the city’s fifty-foot fiberglass Santa statue. It was first erected in 1984. North Pole, AK is about a 30-minute drive from Fairbanks International Airport. A celebrity sighting. Businesses all across town can’t help but embrace the holiday spirit. The North Pole Police go undercover. The “official” North Pole flag.
North Pole’s City Hall takes the holidays very seriously. Seen here is Mike Welch, Mayor of North Pole, and Judy Binkley, City Clerk. The Hotel North Pole, which boasts a few Santa Suites: rooms where you can sleep alongside a Christmas tree all year 'round. A local family enacts a nativity scene in Fairbanks.
Citizens of North Pole and visitors from nearby Fairbanks march in the cold toward the Santa Claus House, a North Pole landmark. Festive light displays make a strong impression in the winter months, when there are fewer than four hours of sunlight per day. Letters arrive for Santa all year, but in November and December they number between 2,000 and 3,000 daily. A bulletin board matches letter themes to their appropriate response.
Volunteer “elves” gather at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church to answer letters to Santa. They are encouraged to add a personal note at the end of each pre-typed response. One of a handful of Santas working in North Pole. The ice sculpture park “Christmas in Ice” opens in North Pole for 6 weeks each year. Rebecca, a reindeer handler, with one of her wards, Comet, near the Santa Claus House. Santa takes flight on Richardson Highway.
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