SANTA SCOOP

In 1925, a story was leaked to the international press claiming that due to a lack of grazing for the reindeer Santa Claus had to relocate from the North Pole.

The newspapers revelations when on to claim that Santa Claus had, in fact, moved his entire operation to Finnish Lapland.

There was a great deal of speculation about the validity of the claims until in 1927 “Uncle Markus” or Markus Rautio, who compared the popular “Children's hour” on Finnish public radio, revealed more information about the great secret for the first time.

He not only confirmed the newspaper reports of two years earlier that Santa Claus had moved to Lapland but even went on to name the place Korvatunturi translated as “Ear Fell” which is situated on Finland's eastern frontier.