countdown was seen as the Year 2011 felt in North Pole, Alaska. Besides, Santa’s got at least a century on Dick Clark. While Dick Clark is now 82 years old, the Santa, the version of him that puts him living at the ice of North Pole, is at least 182 years old. So if age is a consideration, Santa claus is the man, and ice full North Pole, Alaska is the place to be, or at least looking on the web cam as it gets closer to midnight.
“Christmas in Ice is the magical event that lights up the Christmas season in Interior Alaska. Located next door to Santa Claus House, our Ice Park features Christmas-themed ice art sculptures by local and international carvers,” says the brochure that Melissa Fye produced this year.
“Christmas in Ice”, features their New Year’s Eve Snowflake Drop from 10 pm – 1 am, which is North Pole’s version of the Big Apple’s ball drop. Fireworks start at midnight, and this year’s tree, with its ten-thousand dancing LED lights, is accompanied by music syncopated with them. “…the synchronized lights will blink on and off more intensely as the clock ticks down 2011,” she says.
Every year the snowflake has a new look and presentation, this year it was designed by Jonathan Huff of Alaska Universal Productions and Tom Erte, says Melissa. For next year, North Pole’s 2012 Version of the Big Apple drop came from Western New Yorkers, Tom and Roxy Ertel, who wanted to bring some of New York to their new home in North Pole, says Melissa.
“Christmas In Ice” is located at 101 Santa Claus Lane at North Pole, Alaska, which is approximately twelve miles from Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway. Just look for the forty-two foot Santa Claus on your right just after the overpass, slow down and take the next right off the highway, then another sharp right back up the access road, which is Santa Claus Lane.
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