Michael Hunt in My Opinion; Colledge Proud of Elf Portrait

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North Pole, Alaska, is about 1,700 miles south of the real thing, but its renowned 99705 ZIP code is where hundreds of thousands of letters to the man himself end up on glorious days like today.

It is, as one might expect, a picturesque little town of 1,778 souls, many of whom make their living on the tourist dollars that flow like Alaskan oil 12 months out of the year. There is the Santa Claus House, Santa Claus Lane, St. Nicholas Drive, Snowman Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. The fire trucks and ambulances are green, the police cars red.

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Michael Hunt in My Opinion; Colledge Proud of Elf Portrait

"It's a little tourist trap, the whole Christmas theme all year round," Daryn Colledge said. "We have candy-cane light poles, reindeer, Santa's house. It...

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