While Finland is best enjoyed during the warmer months of May to September, its most famous resident is busiest in December. A little known fact is that Santa Claus does not live at the North Pole, but in the Lapland region of Finland. There, Santa receives about 600,000 letters a year written by children from over 150 countries.

虽然芬兰在暖和的5月至9月间气候最为宜人，一位最负盛名的芬兰居民则是在12月最忙碌。一个罕为人知的事实是圣诞老人并非住在北极，而是住在芬兰的拉普兰一带。在那里，圣诞老人每年会收到来自世界150多个国家孩子的约60万封信。

(短文节选,本篇始于：芬兰——圣诞老人的家乡)