Santa Claus drives his reindeer and sleigh float along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in New York.

Red velvet suit, white fur trim, tall black boots, cozy (if not indulgent) pom-pom hat. Santa Claus’ uniform may have some variations, from Tim Allen’s off-duty outfits in “The Santa Clause ...

That's one reason why the family came to see this Santa and Mrs. Claus, who are Black. "We wanted to show her that she can be anything she wants to be," Larry Williams said.

For decades, Santa has usually been depicted as white. Over time, the Christmas figure has evolved in some communities, still rarely as Black Santa.

Some of the most classic uses of Santa Clause’s image were Coca-Cola’s Christmas campaigns, starting in the 1930s. Black Santas have a more complicated history in the U.S.

Megyn Kelly went viral when she declared Santa Claus “just is white,” but a decade later the idea of what St. Nick can look like has only expanded.

It was the traditional white Santas in the red suits, and even on the old Claymation TV shows and the cartoons, (Santas) were all white,” said Parker, who started his journey as a Black Santa in ...

Chris did not move. Instead, he became a Black Santa, and in 2021 was invited to join members of the New England Santa Society at their annual summer gathering of Santas, Mrs. Clauses and elves.

But this was no violent night between a white and Black Santa at Montgomery’s riverfront more than four months after a large-scale brawl erupted at the same spot that generated national ...

“Please remove your negro Santa Claus yard decoration,” the letter signed by “Santa Claus,” said. “You should try not to deceive children into believing that I am negro.

"You can find Black Santa at Hobby Lobby, T.J. Maxx, Burlington, Ross, Walmart, Target, like all those stores," says Nastashia Stokes of DFW Black Santa. "Old Navy even has Black Santa Claus pajamas." ...

I presumed it would be easier to find a Black Santa Claus in the world’s most diverse city, and it was, but only because my show’s executive producer was a generous Black mom who took me under ...