A Postcard from the Arctic Circle

At my request, Betty and Lawman did send us a post card from Santa Claus Office at the Arctic Circle, Finland. According to the post mark, the date of post was July 20^th, 2008. It took five days to reach Hong Kong and the postage was 1 luokka klass.

The photo on the card is full of Christmas “feeling”, having snowy ground, snowmen, sparkling Christmas trees, houses and Fins too. The underside shows the “blessing” Lawman wrote to us, “祝生活愉快!”. Betty wrote our names and address. What interest me most are the post mark and the stamp! The post mark shows a Santa Claus pointing at Finland and the Arctic Circle on the Globe he was holding. It is a bit too early in July to see a Santa Claus riding a sleigh over heavy snowy ground and bringing Christmas presents to people around the world.

I have never received a post card from places of such a high latitude (66° 33' 7" N) where the Arctic Circle is located and the post-office is a Santa Claus Office. Wow, I wonder if there are Santa Clauses chopping envelopes or post cards for the people at the Office.

This post card is filled with “coldness” because it came from a very cold country, but also with “warmth” because it was Betty and Lawman, our close relatives, who sent it to us.