The Joshua Foundation’s 2005 Lapland trip was a huge success with all of the families having a fantastic time.

All of the families stayed at the Town and Country Lodge in Bristol on Friday 9th December as it was a very early start on the Saturday morning to visit Santa!!

Our three hour flight to Lapland was filled with Christmas spirit, as we watched Polar Express and sang Christmas carols. There was also a family Christmas quiz and a colouring competition for the younger children.

On arrival in Lapland it was a chilly -8 and so everyone was kitted out in snow suits and then set off to find Santa Claus. Most of the families enjoyed a Lapland safari which included snow mobiling, Reindeer rides and was topped off with a Lapland ceremony.

Also all of the families made a special visit to Santa Office to put in their Christmas wish list and then made their way to Santa’s Post office where the elves were working at double speed to read all the Christmas lists and post all of Santa’s mail in time for Christmas!!

In between all the excitement most of the families made a pit stop at one of the Café bars to pick up food supplies and then they were off again to do a little Christmas shopping and have their pictures taken in front of the giant snowmen all of which was done in the dark as the daylight fades at around 2:00pm.

Then it was time to say goodbye to Santa and head home, once everyone had devoured their traditional Christmas dinner on the plane most fell asleep having had a very busy and exciting day. We were then met at Bristol Airport by Sarah and her parents who handed out treats to each of the families.