This is too amazing not to share

First use of my Christmas icons this year! \o/

Santa Claus wins seat on North Pole City Council.

You may think this is from a joke website, BUT NO. It is actually from our local newspaper.

North Pole is a town about 15 miles south of Fairbanks. The municipal elections around here are the first week in October, and ... WELL ...

After no candidates officially filed for the two open council seats, Claus launched a write-in campaign two weeks before the Oct. 6 election and took to the streets of the city “Where the spirit of Christmas lives year round” in his red velvet outfit and campaign sign.

The votes were tallied and released Tuesday.

Claus, who legally changed his name to the jolly gift-giver from Thomas Patrick O'Connor, received 58 write-in votes from the 2,200-person city and will join the six-member City Council.

And people wonder why I live here.