Christmas train chugs into the North Pole, err Peninsula, nightly as Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad begins its holiday runs.

After today, the sun will set in Longyearbyen in Norway and will not rise again until almost midday in mid-February 2025.

This country is located near the North Pole, where the Earth rotates on its axis. So, you can imagine what Norway is like.

Not an ordinary set of directions, maybe. But then again North Pole, Alaska is not an ordinary town. Just ask 21 year-old Cody Meyer. He grew up in North Pole and now works at the Santa Claus House.