If the winter in Helsinki is the thrilling cold for southerners, the winter in Rovaniemi is a chilling cold.

The average daily temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius is considered very low in Northern Europe, and even Finnish locals are wrapped in thick down jackets, gloves, masks and hats.

Rovaniemi is a small city located 800 kilometers north of Helsinki and has entered the Arctic Circle.

It's not unlike most cities in the Arctic Circle, with polar days and nights, occasional brilliant aurora borealis in winter, endless snow falling, and silvery whites everywhere.

But Rovaniemi is much more famous than other smaller cities in the Arctic Circle, and even more famous than Nurjiam, the northernmost and closest point in Finland.

Because this is the hometown of Santa Claus.

It was officially certified by the United Nations two years ago.

Since being closed by the United Nations two years ago, this little-known border town has gradually become lively. The airport has been renovated, roads have been repaired, and many holiday villas have been built in the city and in Santa Claus Village, which is more than ten kilometers away, hoping that more tourists will come here to visit Santa Claus and bring more tourism income to the local area.

The post office in the village of Santa Claus in Ravaniemi is also the busiest post office in the Arctic Circle.

Letters written by children from all over the world to Santa Claus will eventually be forwarded here, and someone will open them and reply to them one by one in the name of Santa Claus.

Marty Juhani struggled to carry a large bag of parcels from the cart to the cart, his heavy clothing made his movements a little clumsy, and the parcel did not hold steady, rolling from the edge of the cart to the snow.

Marty Juhani was about to bend down to move it, but saw that someone had already taken the lead to help him carry the parcel back to the cart.

Marty Juhani breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, and flicked the snow powder on his body: "Kiitos, uh... ”

Matti Juhani had just finished saying thank you in Finnish, only to find that he was carrying the parcel by a couple, the man was obviously a young Asian man, and the girl was wearing a pair of wide sunglasses, a bohemian hat and sunglasses that covered most of her face, but she didn't look like a Finn.

"Uh... Thank you。。。 Marty Juhani suddenly became nervous and stammered in English.

Finns tend to be more introverted and shy, and for the first two decades of his life, Martí Juhani lived in Ravaniemi, a small city of 50,000 people, and was much more shy than the people of Helsinki. Recently, although there have been more foreign tourists, Asians are really rare.

The Asian youth smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome." With that, he helped Matti Juhani push the outer gate of the post office open and made a gesture of please.

Matti Juhani thanked him shyly and pushed the cart into the post office.

At the post office in Santa Claus Village, where the gift shop is located, Marty Juhani hands the parcel to his colleague Kalinin, and turns his head to see the couple stamping the postcard.

"It's weird, so dark, and sunglasses. Kalinin muttered under his breath.

Marty Juhani thought for a moment, walked to the distance of more than two meters from the couple, stopped, and rubbed his hands: "Uh, thank you for the help just now, you are tourists, do you need any help?"

When the young girl saw that he was so far away, she couldn't help but sneer, and said something to the young man, who also smiled and said politely: "It's nothing, you're welcome." Yes, we are tourists and have just arrived today to get ready for Christmas. ”

The friendly attitude of the two made Marty Juhani relax a lot: "I see, have you found a good place to live? Uh, if you don't mind, you can live in my house, oh oh, no, don't get me wrong, I don't charge money." ”

The young Asian man smiled and waved his hand: "I understand, thank you for your kindness." We've got a place to stay, by the way, tomorrow night is Christmas Eve, isn't there any activity here? This is Santa Claus Village, why is there no Santa Claus activity on Christmas Eve?"

Matti Juhani said solemnly: "On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus goes to various houses to deliver gifts, and of course Santa Claus will not be seen here tomorrow." ”

Seeing the young couple looking at each other, an inconspicuous smile appeared on their faces: "Haha, just kidding, actually, Santa Claus here is all hired employees nearby, and they are also going to celebrate Christmas." Tomorrow, however, the village chief will personally put on a Santa Claus costume and deliver candy to every household in the village. Are you from Dongying? I would like to ask, what do you call it?"

The Asian youth suddenly realized, "I see, no, I'm Chinese, you can call me Zack, this is my girlfriend Nat." ”

The couple is none other than Zhang Chen and Natalie.

Tang Miaomiao took a winter vacation and was dragged back to China by her mother Song Yuxiang for the New Year. Natalie now lives in Boston, not far from New York, and after Zhang Chen dealt with Marvel's affairs, he flew to Rovaniemi with Natalie for Christmas.

It's the first time for Marty Juhani to see a Chinese person, and he can't help but look at it a few more times, but he sees Natalie smiling playfully at herself, and she can't help blushing: "My name is Marty Juhani, you can just call me Marty." Huaxia, it's far away, but I have a cousin who was sent to Huaxia by the company, and he works at Nokia, Nokia, have you heard of it?"

After that, he looked at Natalie twice more and muttered in his heart: This girl looks familiar.

Marty Juhani mentioned Nokia with a proud face.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Of course, this is a good company. ”

Marty Juhani suddenly felt a little shy again: "Well, I want to invite you to my house for dinner." ”

Zhang Chen and Natalie glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile: "Marty, you are the most sociable Finn we have ever met, but I'm sorry, we already have a plan, maybe we will have a chance to meet again in the future." ”

Matti Juhani was a little disappointed: "Uh, it's okay, you know, there may be a lot of foreign tourists here in the future, I just want to practice English, English is very important." ”

Zhang Chen encouraged: "Your English is already very good, it's nice to meet you, by the way, are there any special gifts here? I want to bring some gifts back." ”

Matti Juhani was in good spirits: "Of course, Santa Claus' greeting cards and postcards go without saying, you can send postcards to friends here, and the most traditional Finnish hunting knives are still being produced, which are very collectible." What's more, there are some of the best reindeer skins in the world, which are sold for only 150 Finnish marks, a whole sheet. You come and touch, what a thick fur, spread it on the ground and sit on it in winter, it is much better than a carpet. ”

Natalie couldn't help frowning when she heard the reindeer skin, although she couldn't see it with sunglasses, Zhang Chen was still keenly aware of it, so she changed the topic and said, "Are there any Moomin dolls? ”

The Moomin is a hippopotamus-looking elf with a very cute appearance and is also the most famous animated character in Finland.

As soon as Matti Juhani was about to answer, he heard a cheer from Kalinin, who was sorting the mail: "Haha, long live!"

I'm writing the second update, rest assured, no matter how late it is, it will definitely come out

(End of chapter)