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Yes, Santa Claus is from Finland: Ten top facts about Father Christmas

What do you know about Santa Claus? Here are ten fun facts that might surprise you!

Finland offers a treasure trove of summer events

The Finnish summer is full of art and music festivals, the beauty of nature, and other gems waiting to be discovered.

That time Santa Claus visited Finland’s Twitter chat

Santa Claus himself took part in ThisisFINLAND’s Twitter chat just a short while before Christmas, and you can still read his posts online.

Christmas Christmas fun

Artificial intelligence helps Santa in Finnish Christmas videos

Santa has installed several artificial-intelligence innovations to help keep gift deliveries rolling. But as ThisisFINLAND’s videos show, he still has the answers when the machines are stumped.

Christmas Music

Finland’s heavy-metal stars reveal their lighter side at Christmas

Getting together with friends and family during the Christmas season is always special, and heavy metal musicians are no exception – even if, on stage, they are bad boys and girls all year long.

Christmas Christmas fun

The Finland emojis take off on Christmas adventures

ThisisFINLAND proudly presents four short animated videos that celebrate the Finnish Christmas season.

Christmas Santa Claus

Finland’s ambassador of Christmas

Santa’s an ambassador of Christmas, telling kids across the world about snow, elves, reindeer and more.

Christmas Santa Claus

Amid preparations at home in Finland, Santa says Christmas deliveries will go ahead

Approaching the end of another year filled with coronavirus concerns and travel restrictions, Santa Claus wants everyone to know that he will not be deterred from delivering presents to the world’s children.