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Santa's Wild Home

Santa's Wild Home

2020 · 53 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Green lights dance across a star-filled sky, and snowflakes sparkle on the trees. It is little wonder Lapland is famous as a realm of elves and flying reindeer, the magical home of Santa Claus. This northernmost region of mainland Europe, however, is a real place, with real animals such as reindeer, Great Gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen and Brown bears who live out their lives in the tundra and forest.

Directed by Matt Hamilton · Written by Matt Hamilton

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