Why does Santa live in the North Pole and not in the South Pole?

The North Pole, home to Santa Claus

A somewhat difficult question to answer considering the fact that the North Pole as such does not exist in terra firma but on a large portion of mostly frozen water. That means there is no land where to build a permanent base for poor Santa Claus to live and create toys for those kids who have been good since the North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The South Pole is another story entirely because there is a continent called Antarctica where several countries keep scientific bases all year round. If Santa Claus actually existed it would be more convenient for him  to live there just because the South Pole is not in the middle of a frozen ocean but in land. 
Of course the question still stands, doesn´t it? I would say that indeed it is more convenient that Santa lives in the North Pole because it is closer to those who created Santa. This character was born in Europe and as time passed Santa evolved by incorporating diverse elements from similar traditions, all of them from countries closer to the North Pole than to the South Pole. Of course no one took into consideration the fact that it was rather difficult for anybody to build a house in the middle of an ocean, but Geography usually gets out of the way when Fantasy is around.
So the answer is...Santa lives in  the North Pole because it is more convenient for those who created him. 

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