Santa Claus’s Postal Outlet in Rovaniemi Serves You Also at Christmas
The Santa Claus Main Post Office (96930 Napapiiri) in Santa Claus Village serves its customers on every day of the year, including Christmas. You can get your last-minute Christmas greetings from the Santa Claus Main Post Office on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day because the postal outlet is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Otherwise, the outlet is open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during Christmas until January 6.
According to Sales Supervisor Katja Tervonen, serving customers at Christmas is especially enjoyable. “People are filled with the Christmas spirit and are surprised to see that the Santa Claus Main Office is open also on Christmas. During Christmas time, we have four salespersons at work. The majority of our Christmas customers are foreign travelers mainly from England and Russia, but we also have some Central European and Asian customers. Our elves are fluent in many languages – at best we have served customers in 12 different languages at the Santa Claus Main Post Office,” Katja Tervonen says.
Throughout the year, the Santa Claus Main Post Office is visited by a number of foreign travelers. During Christmas and the end of the year, the majority of travelers are from Great Britain and Russia, whereas Central and Southern Europeans are frequent visitors in the summer. The Main Post Office receives many Asian groups around the year. Customer often ask many questions about mail, mailing, and letters received by Santa Claus, the Arctic Circle and Santa Claus, but also general questions about Rovaniemi, Lapland, the four seasons, natural phenomena such as aurora borealis and the midnight sun, the wildlife, and animals.
The Santa Claus Main Post Office is also open as a full-service postal outlet for people living in the 96930 postal code area in Rovaniemi. “We offer all full-service postal services – customers can pick up and send mail deliveries, and buy stamps and packaging accessories. In addition, we offer various Christmas and other gift products. All cards, letters, and parcels sent from the postal outlet are stamped with the special Arctic Circle cachet which cannot be obtained from anywhere else. It is also used to stamp Santa Claus’s greetings sent all over the world,” Katja says.
Santa Claus receives more letters than anyone else in the world, nearly 500,000 letters every year. According to studies conducted by Santa’s elves, letters have already been sent from 198 countries. In nearly thirty years, Santa Claus has received more than 15 million letters, as well as cards and parcels, meaning that Santa Claus also receives gifts, such as drawings, candy, and gingerbread cookies. In addition, reindeer babies receive hundreds of pacifiers.
The busiest children to write to Santa Claus come from England, Italy, Poland, and Finland. Letters are also sent from Asian countries, South America, and all over the world. People send their wish lists to Santa Claus, share their greetings, and ask about life in Lapland and reindeer.
Sales Supervisor Katja Tervonen, tel. +358 20 4523121
