Welcome to Santa Claus, IN!
We’re not just referring to the final holiday-themed series of our Very Merry Meet Cutes collection, but to an actual, real-life, town: Santa Claus, Indiana!
Located in southern Indiana, near the state’s border with Kentucky, there’s not quite as much snow in Santa Claus as there is at the real North Pole (😉). But the town really embraces its namesake and goes all-in on the Christmas spirit.
The main drag through town is known locally as ‘Christmas Boulevard’, and many of the town’s ~2,400 residents live in Christmas Lake Village, near Lake Holly or Lake Noel. There’s even a Santa Claus US Post Office, where every year a team of volunteers (known as ‘Santa’s Elves’) takes the time to respond personally to letters from children around the world addressed to the Big Man in Red.
And if you thought Noelle and Rudy’s ‘Holiday World’ was a Very-Merry-Meet-Cute-made-up fantasy, think again! Holiday World is alive and well, complete with record-breaking roller coasters and an attached water park.
I wonder if Noelle and Rudy’s real-life counterparts would spend a romantic, cocoa-and-cookie filled weekend there… introducing Meet Cute’s newest voice actors:
Ashley Iaconetti & Jared Haibon!
Ever since meet-cute-ing in Sayulita, Mexico, these Bachelor Nation alums have been spreading love and good humor through the world like Santa spreading cookie crumbs on your coffee table. Be sure to check out Ashley’s Almost Famous podcast with Ben Higgins, and Jared’s pod Help, I Suck at Dating! Follow Ashley on Instagram here, and Jared on IG here!
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All this place-name puns got us thinking… where else in the world should one go to celebrate a specific holiday? So we bring you…
Meet Cute’s Holiday, FL Travel Guide!
Valentine, TX | Valentine’s Day
Spend February in this tiny town, located just a few miles outside of Marfa, the art mecca of southwestern Texas.
Easter Island, Chile | Easter
This South Pacific island is home to those notorious monolithic heads, but don’t get any ideas about taking a quick long weekend trip here in the spring! The nearest inhabited land is over 1,200 miles away.
Independence, VA | Fourth of July
I bet you’ve never seen a Fourth of July parade like the one that takes place here every year! Maybe don’t bring your firework-fearing pup.
Jobstown, Ireland | Labor Day
This suburb of Dublin was originally named for a 13th century landowner named Henry Jope. But if what I hear about Ireland is true, I’d probably rather spend my Labor Day weekend visiting their sister suburb: Beerstown.
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A Classic Christmas Carol, Remixed
In honor of the Holiday World carol cover band that opens each chapter of Santa Claus, IN – Part 3, here’s a contemporary version of Little Drummer Boy. Cue Justin Bieber and the 808s!
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