Tourists having their picture taken with one of the Santas at Santa Claus Village ... Finland, in February.Credit... Supported by By Jeffrey Gettleman Photographs by Jim Huylebroek In Lapland ...

On the edge of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland, the ‘official home of Santa Claus’ welcomes over 600,000 visitors during the festive period alone each year, all eager for the chance to ...

Lapland covers a vast area of northern Finland, Sweden and Norway but ... was chosen as an alternative in 1985. Today, the Santa Claus Village is the city’s top tourist attraction.