Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Canada, Santa Claus, and the North Pole

Since I learned I am a "Lost Canadian", I have been learning many interesting - and sometimes very fun things - about Canada. So, for "Christmas in July", today I'm very happy to share with you some information about Canada, Santa Claus, and the North Pole . . .

• Canadian officials claim Santa as a citizen and even issued Santa a passport. 
• Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander presented Santa and Mrs. Claus with the 2,999,999th and 3,000,000th ePassports at a special ceremony in Vaughan, Ontario to ensure they have the automatic right to re-enter Canada after global delivery trips.
• In 2008 and 2010, the Canadian government officially declared Santa and Mrs. Claus to be Canadian citizens. 
• Canada Post has dedicated the famous postal code H0H 0H0 to Santa's workshop.
• Canada Post operates an official letter-writing program. Children can mail letters addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole, Canada, H0H 0H0, and receive personalized replies in multiple languages. 
• Letters to Santa sent from within Canada to Santa Claus at the North Pole, Canada, H0H 0H0, does not even require a stamp.
• The geographic North Pole is an icy region in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. Because of this, Canada, Russia, and the Kingdom of Denmark (via Greenland) have made competing legal claims over the Arctic seabed. Canada uses the mythos of Santa's workshop to reinforce its cultural and territorial ties to the Far North.
• The world's most northern settlement is in Canada. It is home to Alert, Nunavut, a military and weather station located just 817 kilometers from the North Pole.

It seems to this "Lost Canadian" like Canada has legitimate "claim" to the North Pole and to Santa being a Canadian citizen! There are at least some very interesting things to think about when contemplating the "citizenship" of Santa!