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For some reason I can't see the photo or video on my blackberry.

Yet I will tell you where we get our santas from in NYC...

The DA's office goes to rikers island and gets all the men who will be out on parole shortly for child abuse.

Just think about walking into Macy's and Mrs Claus says "come her little girl, go sit on Santa's lap and get a photo with Santa"

The horror would be if this was true...yet I wouldn't be surprised with the way our system works.

Harry

 
Wow! I thought that this was going to be some silly, fake clip, but it appears to be real! I know for sure that it was shot in Lapland, because I recognized one of the trees.

 
It's a Finnish production, and the credits at the end suggest it was filmed in southern finland, Vantaa. have seen other trailers about Santa by them, all with genuine finnish humour. Remember, the real Santa is supposed to live in Lapland. ;)

 
It's a Finnish production, and the credits at the end suggest it was filmed in southern finland, Vantaa. have seen other trailers about Santa by them, all with genuine finnish humour. Remember, the real Santa is supposed to live in Lapland. ;)
Yep, and the hunters speak a few words of Finnish, like the vast majority of Laplanders. Of course, when this clip was made (prior to January of this year) Lapland was still a Finnish Province, so it's not surprising that it was filmed by a Finnish crew. However, I definitely recognized one of the trees (third from the left in the opening scene) as being from Lapland, so perhaps the outdoor scenes were shot there and the indoor, studio scenes in Finland.

 
Me too recognised the tree, from my time in Finland. The landscape is Southern Finland (probably near the town of Vantaa, since it is mentioned in the credits, not Lapland (which is really the northernmost province). Therefore one could argue the man they caught is someone else than santa, because he would be found only in Pyhäntunturi, Lapland's highest 'mountain'. Trees are less tall there. ;)

I also lately saw a trailer by that crew, of a film that already has or will come into the movies this year.

 
Me too recognised the tree, from my time in Finland. The landscape is Southern Finland (probably near the town of Vantaa, since it is mentioned in the credits, not Lapland (which is really the northernmost province). Therefore one could argue the man they caught is someone else than santa, because he would be found only in Pyhäntunturi, Lapland's highest 'mountain'. Trees are less tall there. ;)

I also lately saw a trailer by that crew, of a film that already has or will come into the movies this year.
My apologies, Findarato, I didn't mean that I recognized that type of tree but the actual tree. I am sure that all will be clear when I tell you that my favorite eighteenth century German romance is August Burger's Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande: Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen. Ah!

 
They didn't catch THE Santa, but A Santa..."A nearly 300-year-old specimen"

And near the end they say that they ship Santas all over the world, so...obviously there is more than one of the species.

Personally, I would NOT trust putting my child in one's lap! You see how easily they could snap & become wild again!

 
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yes, funny story that. They have a big mall-like structure in Lapland, where Santa lives, and everyone can hire him (them), and they sell a lot of santa and christmas, and Lapland-related stuff there. I think the Finns know Santa quite well, so maybe there is something of truth in the film. ;)

You never know who you encounter in the woods.

Phil: No offense, or anything. I was joking too about the tree, but I have lived long enough in Finland to recognise terrains there. If you held the camera right, it could be any piece of forest near Helsinki. The places where I played as a child (never would find a mantis in Finland though, not native there). :)

 
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