ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 12月22日 05時48分

Those who fret about the growing secularization of Christmas — with each year more and more X, and less and less Christ — need only visit Rovaniemi, Finland, to confirm some of their worst fears. At this time of year around 20 airliners land here every day, pouring out families from scores of countries, and bringing wide-eyed children to a reliably snowy place that is, for youngsters at least, a convincing recreation of the North Pole. Here, Santa Claus Village is home to the self-anointed “Official Santa” — a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus — and is complete with reindeer-drawn sleighs, staff in elfin dress and an official Finnish government “Santa’s post office.” So what if the North Pole is 1,600 miles north? According to current figures, 330,000 people from 180 countries come to visit Santa, purchase 50 euro ($60) photos with him and patronize the dozens of Christmas trinket shops. That nearly equals the combined total of reindeer (200,000) and people (180,000) in Lapland. @ilvynjio took this photo of the “Official Santa” while on #nytassignment; swipe left to see a photo of a reindeer-drawn sleigh, and visit the link in our profile to read more. #?

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