Lapland
The highlight of the charity's year is each December to charter 4 planes and take up to 400 very sick children to Lapland to meet the real Father Christmas.
Their journey begins at 4am when they arrive at the airport to board the plane full of excitement.
On arrive at Lapland they experience the wonders of the magical forest and enjoy husky rides, reindeer trails, hot chocolate with toasted marsh mellows plus plenty of time to go sledging and snowballing plus lots more.
They are then taken to a hotel and are treated to dinner and entertainment by the Elf band. Once dinner is over Rudolf brings along Santa on his sleigh to meet all the children.
Still full of excitement and energy the families cross the Artic Circle to make a special visit to Santa's Village. They meet the Elves in the post office sorting letters from children all over the world, have a go on the ice slide and it has been known that they witness the amazing sights of the Northern Lights.
Read more on all the flights by clicking on the links below
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Manchester 8th December 2011
This was our 15th flight to Rovaniemi in Finland from the Northwest Office, to meet the real Santa Claus...Read more...
Nottingham East Midlands 2011
The children and parents arrived at the airport for 5am on Wednesday 14th December. Read more...
Scotland Prestwick 2010
On the eve of 3rd December our fingers were crossed as the British weather had shocked us all with layers of snow and temperatures plummeting way below Zero.Read more...
Humberside 2011
On Tuesday 13th December we were accompanied by 86 children from our region, together with a parent and our full medical team, on a magical trip to Lapland to see the real Father Christmas in his homeland.Read more...
Lapland Video 2010
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