Helsinki - Ua haʻi aku ke aupuni i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia o Finland i ka Pōʻalua ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i kāna kuleana ma Santapark, kahi pāka Kalikimaka ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻākau o Rovaniemi, i manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ka home o ka Makua Kalikimaka.
Ma kahi o 500 000 poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Rovaniemi kokoke i ka pōʻai Arctic i kēlā me kēia makahiki e ʻike iā Santa Claus a me kāna kahua hoʻolālā wintry wonderland, ʻoiai ua emi nā helu i ka makahiki i hala a manaʻo ʻia e hāʻule hou i kēia makahiki.
"ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia ka waiwai o ka ʻaelike, no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ka mokuʻāina e hoʻolaha," wahi a Ilkka Laenkinen, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hui mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ʻo Santa's Holding nāna i kūʻai aku i ka 32-pakeneka o ke aupuni.
ʻAʻole i ʻōlelo ke aupuni i ke kumu e kūʻai aku ai i kāna kuleana, ʻoiai ua haʻi aku kahi mea haʻiʻōlelo i ka ʻoihana nūhou STT i ka paka, kahi i hakakā ai i kekahi manawa no ka hoʻokō ʻana mai ka wā i wehe ʻia ma kahi o hoʻokahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma lalo o ka kuleana pilikino.
Loaʻa iā Santa's Holding i kēia manawa he 56 pakeneka o nā ʻāpana ma hope o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Rovaniemi a me ka hui huakaʻi ʻo Lapin Matkailu i hoʻoholo pū e kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau pā. ʻO ke koena o nā ʻāpana e mālama ʻia e nā mea liʻiliʻi like ʻole.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laenkinen, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Santa's Holding e hoʻopukapuka kālā i ka paka a e hoʻonui i ka kūʻai aku e hoʻonui i nā kūʻai aku a me ka ʻike ʻoiai ʻo ka hāʻule.
"I ka wā lōʻihi makemake mākou e hāʻawi i nā ʻike hou aku i nā malihini," wahi āna.
