Santa Claus: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F385 1F3FF
Description
A Santa Claus emoji with dark skin tone, depicting a man with a white beard, red hat, and red suit.
Group:
People & Body > person-fantasy
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents the festive spirit of Christmas, generosity, holidays, and gift-giving.
Backstory
The Santa Claus emoji (🎅) was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The addition of various skin tones, including 🏿 (dark skin tone), was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, allowing for more diverse representation of characters.
Usage Examples
- Wishing someone a Merry Christmas: 'Merry Christmas everyone! 🎅🏿'
- Talking about holiday plans: 'Ready for Santa to visit! 🎅🏿'
- Representing gift-giving: 'Santa's bringing presents early this year! 🎅🏿'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Strongly associated with Christmas traditions, childhood wonder, and the figure who brings gifts.
East Asian culture:
Recognized as a symbol of Christmas, often used for holiday greetings and seasonal well-wishes, even if Christmas is not celebrated in the same traditional way as in the West.