Santa Comes to St. Michael
![Santa and Mrs. Claus Arrive at St. Michael](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-12-05-op-santa-claus-smk-003-2432px-1200x738.jpg)
As volunteer Zoe Grueskin reported for KNOM listeners last month, Santa Claus traveled to the village of St. Michael this past Christmas with some special help. Reindeer are plentiful in the sub-Arctic, but in 2017, Santa made his deliveries on an Alaska National Guard cargo plane.
Operation Santa Claus Brings Cheer to St. Michael
![Santa and Mrs. Claus, dressed in full red and white suits, step out of the National Guard aircraft that transported them to St. Michael for Operation Santa Claus 2017.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2nd-Lt-Marisa-Lindsay-1-2.jpg)
Alaska National Guard airmen — and Santa Claus himself — delivered toys and treats to children in St. Michael during the 61st annual Operation Santa Claus.
A Few Postcards from Alaska
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A new program on KNOM offers “audio postcards” from different places and different moments of daily life in Western Alaska. Learn more about the show Dearest Alaska.
Santa Goes to Shishmaref
![Mr. and Mrs. Claus in Shishmaref, Alaska](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-06-francesca-in-shish-JPGs-007-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Even though ours is a region plentiful in reindeer, that’s not how Santa Claus — and one of our reporters — traveled to one of the communities KNOM serves for a special visit last month.