ONLINE VACATION
NORTH POLE, ALASKA, USA
12/24/13
Hi Everyone. We are going to the North Pole today to see Santa before
he leaves on his Christmas Eve trip.
North Pole, is a suburb of Fairbanks, Alaska. The U.S. Census Bureau
estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. (Probably
mostly elves).
North Pole is a popular tourist attraction. Its biggest attraction is a
gift shop named Santa Claus House, the modern-day incarnation of a
trading post established in the town's early days. The Santa Claus
House is known for the world's largest fiberglass statue of
Santa Claus outside.
Before Christmas each year, the USPS post office in North Pole receives
hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa Claus, and thousands more
from people wanting the town's postmark on their Christmas greeting
cards to their families. It advertises the ZIP code 99705 as the ZIP
code of Santa.
Christmas-themed streets in North Pole include Santa Claus Lane, St.
Nicholas Drive, Snowman Lane, and Kris Kringle Drive. Street lights
in the city are decorated in a candy cane motif, and many local
businesses have similar decorations. The city's firetrucks and
ambulances are all red, while the police cars are green and white.
North Pole is home to two oil refineries, the town's major industry
aside from tourism.
January is normally the coldest month with average temperatures
between -3 and -21 degrees Fahrenheit. July is normally the warmest
month with average temperatures between 48 and 73 degrees F. July
tends to have the most rain with an average of 1.9 inches, and a
yearly average of 11.2 inches of rain. They get snow 9 months out of
the year... November usually gets the most with an average of 11.4
inches, and a yearly total of 50.5 inches of snow.
I hope you enjoy this trip to North Pole, Alaska, USA and have a very
Merry Christmas.
~Marsha~
WELCOME
THE REAL SANTA
SANTA CLAUS HOUSE
THE BIGGEST SANTA STATUE
INSIDE SANTA CLAUS HOUSE
SCREAMING WEASEL GIFT SHOP
STREET LIGHTS
ICE SLIDE
CHRISTMAS IN ICE SCULPTURES
ICE HARVESTING
DOWNTOWN
POST OFFICE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUSINESSES
CHURCH
WILDLIFE
SLEDS AND KENNELS AT MUSHING CAMP
TRAIN
SCENERY
NORTHERN LIGHTS
OLD PICTURES
HOUSES FOR SALE
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he leaves on his Christmas Eve trip.
North Pole, is a suburb of Fairbanks, Alaska. The U.S. Census Bureau
estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. (Probably
mostly elves).
North Pole is a popular tourist attraction. Its biggest attraction is a
gift shop named Santa Claus House, the modern-day incarnation of a
trading post established in the town's early days. The Santa Claus
House is known for the world's largest fiberglass statue of
Santa Claus outside.
Before Christmas each year, the USPS post office in North Pole receives
hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa Claus, and thousands more
from people wanting the town's postmark on their Christmas greeting
cards to their families. It advertises the ZIP code 99705 as the ZIP
code of Santa.
Christmas-themed streets in North Pole include Santa Claus Lane, St.
Nicholas Drive, Snowman Lane, and Kris Kringle Drive. Street lights
in the city are decorated in a candy cane motif, and many local
businesses have similar decorations. The city's firetrucks and
ambulances are all red, while the police cars are green and white.
North Pole is home to two oil refineries, the town's major industry
aside from tourism.
January is normally the coldest month with average temperatures
between -3 and -21 degrees Fahrenheit. July is normally the warmest
month with average temperatures between 48 and 73 degrees F. July
tends to have the most rain with an average of 1.9 inches, and a
yearly average of 11.2 inches of rain. They get snow 9 months out of
the year... November usually gets the most with an average of 11.4
inches, and a yearly total of 50.5 inches of snow.
I hope you enjoy this trip to North Pole, Alaska, USA and have a very
Merry Christmas.
~Marsha~
WELCOME
THE REAL SANTA
SANTA CLAUS HOUSE
THE BIGGEST SANTA STATUE
INSIDE SANTA CLAUS HOUSE
SCREAMING WEASEL GIFT SHOP
STREET LIGHTS
ICE SLIDE
CHRISTMAS IN ICE SCULPTURES
ICE HARVESTING
DOWNTOWN
POST OFFICE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUSINESSES
CHURCH
WILDLIFE
SLEDS AND KENNELS AT MUSHING CAMP
TRAIN
SCENERY
NORTHERN LIGHTS
OLD PICTURES
HOUSES FOR SALE
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Information from Wikipedia
This is a MelloMarsha creation
I do not take credit for the pictures
Thanks to the respective photographers
12-23-13
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