Santa sets off

Video. Santa sets off

‘Santa Claus’ has begun his journey to deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world, leaving his home in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi on Friday evening (23 December) under a spectacular show of the Northern Lights.

‘Santa Claus’ has begun his journey to deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world, leaving his home in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi on Friday evening (23 December) under a spectacular show of the Northern Lights.

Though he spends much of his time in his workshop at the North Pole, Santa’s official residence is in Rovaniemi, just inside the Arctic Circle. Several hundred tourists and local residents gathered to wave him off on his trip.

Santa sets off

‘Santa Claus’ has begun his journey to deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world, leaving his home in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi on Friday evening (23 December) under a spectacular show of the Northern Lights.

Though he spends much of his time in his workshop at the North Pole, Santa’s official residence is in Rovaniemi, just inside the Arctic Circle. Several hundred tourists and local residents gathered to wave him off on his trip.