The "Santa Experience," an annual event held at the mall in Bloomington, Minn., includes the most diverse group of Santas, including Santa Pat, a Santa who is Black.

The Santa Claus was Nate Mitchell, a Black man from Detroit, who was giving Nichols an opportunity to see a fantasy character that is typically portrayed as an old white man that looked just like him.

Among the things Kriss Kringle has learned over his six winters in Portland: Christmas season is hard on Santa's suits, but soft on his heart.

The rise of Black Santa highlights the push for inclusive holiday traditions and the importance of representation for families and communities.

"The second Labor Day hits, I order Black Santa pajamas," says Rebecca Kaiser of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Old Navy was one of the first places she found Black Santa pajamas for her children ...

Black Santa Claus DC and around DMV will be bringing joy in the following areas: Until the second grade, I wanted to be the tooth fairy when I got older. In my mind, it was a job like any other ...

As I continue my search for Black Santa dolls, pajamas, ornaments and even a Black, jolly St. Nick at my local mall every year, I know that I’m not the only one on the hunt.

I grew up with a stereotypically white Santa Claus, but I want my children to see that there can be a Black Santa, too.

4-year-old Matisse Kabore' of Parker sitting with the Black Santa at Denver’s Cherry Creek Mall, and the photo he took with Black Santa in Atlanta for his first Christmas.

For the first time Black Santa San Diego will participate in the 53rd Annual San Diego Bay Parade of Lights for the next two Sundays. He’s trading in his sleigh for a boat to cruise along the ...

My Santa Claus Is Black One woman shares why collecting Black holiday figurines is important to her family.

And when she came around the corner, there were tears in her eyes. And even as I think about it now, I begin to tear up because all her life, she said, I have never seen a real Black Santa.