圣誕老人的故鄉(xiāng)
世博會芬蘭館有一個(gè)大紅人，很多游客都跑去看他。他是誰呢？就是我們最熟悉的圣誕老人啦。就像最近有山東安徽兩省三地爭奪西門親故里一樣，名人的故鄉(xiāng)也是很搶手的文化資產(chǎn)哦，北歐的很多國家都聲稱他們那里才是圣誕老人真正的居住地。都有哪些呢？
根據(jù)維基百科的介紹，圣誕老人原來還是很搶手的?。?br />
In North American tradition (in the United States and Canada), Santa lives on the North Pole, which according to Canada Post lies within Canadian jurisdiction.
在北美洲，人們認(rèn)為圣誕老人居住在北極，加拿大郵政局將其劃定在加拿大的屬地之中。
On December 23 2008, Jason Kenney, Canada's minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, formally awarded Canadian citizenship status to Santa Claus. "The Government of Canada wishes Santa the very best in his Christmas Eve duties and wants to let him know that, as a Canadian citizen, he has the automatic right to re-enter Canada once his trip around the world is complete," Kenney said in an official statement.
2008年加拿大多元文化事務(wù)及移民部部長Jason Kenney向圣誕老人頒發(fā)了市民身份認(rèn)證，在一份官方聲明中他說：“加拿大政府祝愿圣誕老人一切安好。圣誕老人作為加拿大公民，在結(jié)束世界巡游后可以隨時(shí)回到加拿大境內(nèi)。”
There is also a city named North Pole in Alaska where a tourist attraction known as the "Santa Claus House" has been established. The US postal service uses the city's zip code of 99705 as their advertised postal code for Santa Claus.
阿拉斯加有一個(gè)城市名叫“北極”，那有一個(gè)旅游景點(diǎn)，“圣誕老人的小屋”。美國郵政局告訴那些想給圣誕老人寫信的人說，他們可以使用北極市的郵政編碼。
不過，1995年，聯(lián)合國正式承認(rèn)，圣誕老人的故鄉(xiāng)是芬蘭北部拉普蘭省的省會羅瓦涅米市。這下沒得爭了，圣誕老人從此落戶芬蘭。在拉普蘭有一個(gè)圣誕老人的郵局，每年世界各地寫給圣誕老人的信件都會寄到那里：
Every item mailed at the Santa Claus’ Main Post Office is postmarked by hand with a special Arctic Circle postmark.
每封寄往圣誕郵局的信件都被手工加蓋一個(gè)特殊的北極圈郵戳。
