The Hometown of Santa Claus 圣誕老人的故鄉(xiāng)

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就像最近有河北省臨城縣和正定縣為了誰是名將趙云的故里而爭論，名人的故鄉(xiāng)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？最后圣誕老人落戶誰家呢？一起來看看吧。

In North America， people believe that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole， Canada Post designate it in the Canadian territory. Jason Kenney， Canada’s minister of Citizenship， Immigration and Multiculturalism， formally awarded Canadian citizenship status to Santa Claus. “The Government of Canada wishes Santa all the best and wants to let him know that， as a Canadian citizen， he has the right to re-enter Canada once his trip around the world is complete，” Kenney said in an official statement.

There is also a city named North Pole in Alaska， where a tourist attraction known as the “Santa Claus House”. The United States Post Office tells those who want to write letters to Santa Claus that， they can use the city’s zip code.

However， the United Nations recognized， the hometown of Santa Claus is in the northern Finland， the capital of Lapland Province， Rovaniemi City. It did not have to contend for， Santa Claus settled in Finland. In Lapland， there is a Santa’s post office， and each year the letters around the world to Santa Claus will be sent there. Each letter to the Christmas post is postmarked by hand with a special Arctic Circle postmark.

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。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回到加拿大境內(nèi)。”

阿拉斯加有一個城市名叫“北極”，那有一個旅游景點“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，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。每封寄往圣誕郵局的信件都被手工加蓋一個特殊的北極圈郵戳。

（本文選自滬江英語網(wǎng)）