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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 ...
Regarding the Mall of America controversy, retired U.S. veteran and Black Santa Larry Jefferson-Gamble has said, “There needs to be more Santas of color, because this is America, and kids need ...
Zwarte Piet (English: Black Peter or Black Pete, French: Père-Fouettard, meaning father whipper) is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) in the folklore of the Low Countries. The character first appeared in his current form in an 1850 book by Jan Schenkman and is commonly depicted as a blackamoor.
A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...
In the wake of criticism hurled at Larry Jefferson's stint as Santa Claus in the Mall of America's Santa Experience during December 2016, [3] Daniel Kibblesmith, staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, had announced on his Twitter account that he and his then-fiancée now wife, [4] Jennifer Wright, "[had] decided our future child will only know about Black Santa.
When Santa gets unmotivated around Christmastime, it's up to Mrs. Claus and her friends to get Santa healthy and everything back in order before Christmas Eve. 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (1965)
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In 1897, in a short film called Santa Claus Filling Stockings, Santa Claus is simply filling stockings from his pack of toys. Another film called Santa Claus and the Children was made in 1898. A year later, a film directed by George Albert Smith titled Santa Claus (or The Visit from Santa Claus in the United Kingdom) was created. In this ...