North Pole, Alaska — 'Twas the week before Christmas and plenty was stirring at the Santa Claus House in the city of ... about 13 miles southeast of Fairbanks, candy canes double as street ...

The clerk's office in North Pole, Alaska, announced Thursday that a man whose legal name is Santa Claus launched a write-in campaign for City Council, according to the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer.