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North Pole, Alaska: The World’s Largest Santa

You won’t be driving past Santa’s workshop in North Pole, Alaska, but that doesn’t mean that the people of Alaska don’t have Christmas spirit. Some might say they actually have the biggest Christmas spirit.

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Why? Maybe it’s because of the 900-pound statue of Santa Claus that sits as the mascot for the Santa Claus House. Believe it or not, it’s the biggest Santa Claus in the world, which really put this otherwise tiny town of 2,000 people on the map.