Farms are associated with rural communities, and the location of Santa’s workshop would fit the bill.
The North Pole is about 817 km (508 miles) away from Alert, Nunavut in Canada, which is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world.
The North Pole is also roughly 725 km (450 miles) north of Greenland, according to Britannica.
Like some producers, the action at the North Pole is largely seasonal.
And like farmers, Santa uses weather maps and data to ensure a smooth operation.
Is Santa producing any commodities or caring for livestock?
Santa’s nine reindeer pull his sleigh every Christmas Eve, and it’s known Mrs. Claus oversees training new reindeer.
In the winter, reindeer use their hooves and sense of smell to dig up snow to find and eat lichen, “a dual organism composed of fungi living in close association with green algae or Cyanobacteria,” the British Lichen Society says.
What about toys for the good girls and boys? Could those be considered a St. Nick commodity?
Those would be assembled in Santa’s workshop by the elves, making Santa and Mrs. Claus employers too.
Another one of Mrs. Claus’s duties is to oversee the toymaking process and hold the elves to high standards.
Inside that same workshop is where Santa would store his equipment, like farmers do with theirs.
During the spring and summer, Santa would need his sleigh tended to and maintained to make sure it’s ready for Christmas Eve.
Just like producers maintain their equipment over the winter to have it ready for spring.
The workshop would also have hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches and other tools necessary for toy building and sleigh maintenance.
Any successful farm operation has a support system behind it, and Mrs. Claus fits that description in the North Pole.
Her other duties around the workshop include providing meals for Santa to fuel him for the long night, and acts as the operations manager to keep the whole North Pole running at snowflake level precision.
And like farmers, Santa is always learning.
While growers attend meetings and seminars to apply lessons from the past season to the next, Santa and his crew are known to have a Christmas Debrief every year to find improvements for next season.
Santa often thinks of farmers when he’s delivering gifts.
“Farmers inspire me more than they know,” he told Farms.com in an exclusive interview. “In the same way they need agronomists and veterinarians to raise a good crop and keep livestock healthy, I need the elves, Mrs. Claus, and my reindeer to make Christmas magic. Christmas, like farming, is a team effort.”