Is Santa from Canada or Finland?

When planning for our trip to the Finland Jamboree we heard this crazy story that Santa lived in northern Finland and not at the North Pole in Canada like we'd always heard. So we decided we needed to go there and find out the truth. There was just one problem - that was going to cost money!

Then we heard about something called the Grizzly Den. This Scouts Canada program sponsored by Hydro One was providing funding to Ontario Scout groups to go on amazing adventures. This sounded perfect so we put on our Santa hats, I mean thinking caps, and got to work.

We made a pitch to the Grizzlies...

We told the Grizzlies about this crazy story that Santa lived in Finland and why we wanted to go and find out the truth. We told them about our trip to the Finland Jamboree and how we wanted to take the overnight Santa Claus Express train to Lapland so we could see reindeer, hike above the Arctic Circle, pick berries, take a sauna, meet Finnish Scouts and most importantly meet Santa and discover the truth!

And the Grizzlies liked our idea and they gave us funding to make our adventure a reality!

So we went on our adventure...

BUT WHAT ABOUT SANTA?

We want to thank Scouts Canada, Hydro One and the Grizzly Den for making this once in a lifetime adventure possible!

Read about the rest of our adventures in Finland.