As Arctic temperature rises, even Santa runs short of snow

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 27, 2024 12:17 am

(UPDATE) ROVANIEMI, Finland — With a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried.

By this time of year, the town of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland — marketed by tourism officials since the 1980s as the 'real' home of Santa Claus — should be white and pretty.

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