Copenhagen, July 25: It`s Official - Santa is from Greenland, according to an edict from the world`s top Father Christmases at their annual summit in Denmark. Sweating it out in the summer heat in white beards and red hats and robes, 130 Father and Mother Christmases and Santa`s helpers from 12 countries including Japan, Canada, Britain and Spain put an end to debate about which Nordic nation was their real home.
Kurt Flemming, chairman of the 40th annual Father Christmas World Congress declared it`s a fact: Santa comes from Greenland.
Surprisingly even the late Elvis Presley showed up, when the 40th International Santa Claus Congress, took place in Copenhagen.
"Elvis he has a Christmas spirit, to see happy people, that`s fine," the Elvis Santa Claus said after singing a Christmas song Elvis style. Greenland`s delegate quashed rival claims to the title with the argument: "We have lots and lots of reindeer in Greenland. Didn`t you know that?" But Finnish Lapland, traditional rival of Greenland for the title, was not represented at the congress.
Santas even travelled from Japan.
The Santa summit also ignored historical evidence rooting their traditions in Turkey, where fourth-century Christian Saint Nicholas of Myra helped the poor and needy.
After their debate, the delegates paraded through Copenhagen to the strains of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". They cooled their feet on a beach and enjoyed Danish pastries and beer.
A Danish Santa said, "It`s once a year to enjoy ourselves a little together, it`s one time a year that we see each other, it`s a good time."
Suitably cheered, the Santas promised bigger presents for children this year. Bureau Report