Santa Claus visits China during Christmas

As 2009 Christmas approaches, Santa Claus on the mountains of Lapland in northern of Finland is busy preparing for travelling to bring good wishes to people. Recently, the reporters learned that as the Finnish early activity, Finnish organizers would specially invite Santa Claus from Finland to China and visit Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai during Christmas. In the period of Shanghai World Expo next year, Santa Claus will also appear in Finland Pavilion and meet guests from all over the world.

Santa Claus is the most popular Finnish figure in China. Santa Claus’s Chinese tour schedule is followed:

December 18 to 19, Beijing

December 20 to 21, Chengdu

December 22 to 26, Shanghai