For Christmas Day, we traveled 217 miles north of the Arctic Circle to Ilulissat, Greenland. It"s the island"s third-largest city, though in almost any other region, it would be considered a small town—only 4,670 people live here. Until a few years ago, Ilulissat served as a key destination for that most important holiday correspondence: Thousands of letters sent from around the world to Santa Claus, North Pole, ended up being rerouted to this giant mailbox. Today the mailbox has moved farther north, to Uummannaq, ever closer to the jolly old elf"s magical domicile. If you"re celebrating Christmas today, we hope you have a merry one.
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Today in History
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Jeju Island, South Korea
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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World Penguin Day
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A willowy welcome to spring
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Hut, hut, hike!
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Protecting endangered giants
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It s leap day!
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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World Photography Day
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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Star Wars Day
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Groundhog Day
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Ravens
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Winnie-the-Pooh Day
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Let’s go foraging
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Evidence of human habitation
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
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Napping away New Year s Day
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The birth of Bauhaus
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An underwater rainbow
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Jöriseen lakes in the Silvretta Alps, Switzerland
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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Flamenco dancers