Santa Claus meets visiting children while he prepares for Christmas day.

Описание: (18 Dec 2007)
Rovaniemi, Finland - 13 December, 2007
1. Various exteriors of Santa's Village
2. Mid of child sledging
3. Wide of Santa's home
4. Close of sign reading Santa Claus
5. Various of Santa surrounded by children
6. Close of Santa
7. Close of children
8. Mid of woman holding child
9. Wide of Santa singing with children
10. Close of child singing
11. Pan of Santa
12. Close of present
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"As Christmas gets closer there is the weather, we have to look, you know, long distance and plan according to the weather. Which route to take with Rudolph."
14. Close of Santa reading letters
15. Various exteriors of post office
16. Wide of interior of post office
17. Mid of elf working
18. Close of letters being stamped
19. Close of stamps on letters
20. Various of elves sorting letters
21. Various close of letters
22. Tilt up from sack full of letters to Christmas tree
23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maria Elf
"Last year Santa received 750,000 letters, and this year we already have got about 300,000, and it's coming every day more and more."
24. Various close of letters without stamps or address
25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maria Elf
"Of course I have here some letters, as you see we have letters that come here even if the don't have any stamp, or even if they have like this 'Santa Lapland'."
26. Various of letters on table
27. Close of sack
28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"When its written on the paper it last a hundred years, at least even more. And then of course kids do a lot of drawings, lots of beautiful pictures and drawings. They put their photographs in there, it's really good, it's really very nice reading."
29. Tilt up from Santa's feet
30. Various of Santa
31. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bobby
"Santa brings all the presents, and who's been bad then they can't get any presents."
32. Various of Santa meeting children
33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Denise
"A Nintendo DS."
34. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"Getting ready for christmas is something very special because, I think one thing is, you make a present for somebody and there is a lot of thoughts and warm feelings."
35. Close of table with presents
36. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"It's funny, Rudolph, as Christmas gets closer, he gets very anxious, you know. He goes and he organises the other reindeer, because he really likes it, it's an important job of course."
37. Various of Santa
38. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"Because it is an ongoing process, the elves are making the toys and sorting out the letters, because a lot of the letters come even after Christmas, because people send them a few days just before."
39. Close of fireplace
40. SOUNDBITE: (English) Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
"I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year."
LEAD IN:
Christmas is coming and things are getting busy at Santa Claus' village just within the arctic circle in Finnish Lapland.
Santa's post office has received already more than 300,000 letters this year.
It is expected that in total he will receive over 750,000 letters from children all around the world, according to the elves.
And children who have been lucky enough to make the journey to his home in Lapland, have the chance to meet Santa Claus himself.
STORYLINE:
Santa Claus' village at the Arctic Circle in Lapland is an especially busy place in the days and weeks before Christmas.
Children play in the snow, whilst inside his home Santa meets dozens of visitors each day.
Keyword wacky

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