'I got a cut-price Lapland trip to meet Santa for a fraction of what it costs others'

Siobhan Cucina, 55, managed to astonishment her granddaughter with a fantastic wintertime vacation to spot Santa successful Lapland for a fraction of the terms it would outgo others

A ace grandma bagged inexpensive flights to instrumentality her granddaughter to Lapland for a fantastic overnight travel to conscionable Santa Claus.

Siobhan Cucina, 55, wanted to astonishment fortunate Grace for her 14th birthday, spending £130 connected instrumentality question to Finland. She managed to stun her with the tickets and they caught a formation from Stansted airdrome astatine 6.30am
connected November 19.

Due to the two-hour clip difference, they landed astatine Rovaniemi airdrome astatine 11.50am section time. Siobhan and Grace past spent a amusive time successful Lapland, walking astir Santa Claus Village and adjacent going connected a reindeer sledge ride.

Located successful the Arctic Circle, the Santa Claus Village, besides successful Rovaniemi, is known arsenic Santa’s authoritative North Pole residence. It is 1 of the astir fashionable question destinations successful Finland.

Siobhan, from Little Canfield, Essex, who is caput of information astatine Stansted airport, said: “Grace was highly excited and it took her a mates of days to registry that she was going. She hardly slept the nighttime before.

“You bash truly consciousness similar you’re successful Santa’s location and it snowed, too, which made it the cleanable day. We crossed the Arctic Circle and got a certificate, which was truly nice.

“We visited the carnal parkland to spot the reindeers and got plentifulness of blistery chocolates successful between. I would 100% publication again for adjacent twelvemonth arsenic it was genuinely magical – conscionable what I imagined.”

Siobhan has ever dreamed of taking her granddaughter to Lapland and booked the tickets successful October. They besides spent £50 connected a reindeer sledge ride, £65 connected nutrient and drink, £50 connected gifts and £35 to spot Santa.

After staying the nighttime successful a impermanent house, the brace relaxed and flew backmost the adjacent day, arriving astatine Stansted astatine 11.50pm, paying £420 successful total.

Siobhan said the 2,686-mile circular travel successful the freezing acold was worthy it, adding: “I would accidental my favourite enactment was the reindeer sledge ride, it was cool. The full time felt truly Christmassy.” If you are incapable to get to Santa’s Village this year, you tin presumption a unrecorded watercourse of the magic connected YouTube.