Right Down Santa Claus Lane

Every day is Christmas in North Pole, Alaska.

Imagine a town where they never take the Christmas decorations down. Where candy canes and garlands are an everyday occurrence, even in mid-summer. Where a giant fiberglass Santa towers over the scenery, and where St. Nick himself can sometimes be found breakfasting in the local McDonalds.

Now imagine you can visit that town -- it's just outside Fairbanks.

There's more. The town has a post office, and you can send a letter to it. (The zip code is 99705.) Every Christmas, thousands of letters arrive at the post office addressed to Santa.

People from town volunteer to answer each and every child’s letter. At least that's the official story.

Do you believe in Santa Claus?

Here Comes Santa Cop

The only police in the world with Santa’s sleigh and a candy cane on their patches.

Santa Celebrity

Santa spends his summers at North Pole, Alaska, just outside of Fairbanks. He finds it a welcome break from the Arctic. Especially since he gets a chance to sleep in every so often.

When Santa's not resting up, he's usually available to talk with visitors who drop by -- or even pose for photos. As it turns out, he causes quite a commotion every time he steps out into the parking lot.

These photographers got pretty excited when they spotted the old guy and snapped a few rolls of film for the folks.