Santa Larry Jefferson smiles with Auden Good, 4, and his 1-year-old brother Ezra of Ramsey during photos at the Santa Experience at Mall of America. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

In 2016, Black Santa made headlines when the nation’s largest mall, the Mall of America, hired Larry Jefferson as their first-ever Black Santa. But Herrington emphasized that the tradition is ...

Dream Williams, 3, visits Santa for the first time at Mondawmin Mall. Luke Durant, 75, is one of the first Black mall Santas in the region. He’s in his 39th season as the Santa at Mondawmin Mall.

Santa Larry is coming to town! The retired Army Captain, who became Mall of America's first-ever Black Santa Claus and was inducted to the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame, shares his ...

Beloved Black Santa returns to Baldwin Hills Crenshaw mall after pandemic break 02:26. Smiles and laughs weren't hard to come by as several children at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw mall came to see ...

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. Santa Allan Siu, the mall’s ...

This particular Black Santa — at the Mall at Prince George’s, in the majority-Black county of the same name — was “the only one I could find,” said Erin Heard.

Scott McNeal, dressed as Santa gets his frappuccino at Starbucks, with his wife Cheryl McNeal, both from Bristol, during Black Friday at the Westfarms Mall on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.

Macomb Mall in Roseville on Tuesday announced a pair of upcoming holiday-related events. For Black Friday, Nov. 24, the shopping center will open at 7 a.m. for early-bird shoppers searching for ...

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 ...