Santa Claus
Papa noel
= Santa Claus
Father Christmas, also known as Santa Clause, is a jolly old man who lives at the North Pole and delivers presents to children during the night between Christmas Eve (December 24th) and Christmas Day (December 25th). A magical man with a jolly laugh, a red button nose, and a passion for cookies and milk. Santa rides around the world delivering gifts and love to those that believe in the spirit of Christmas. Known for traveling on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeers. A magical and wondrous emoji. The spokesman for the Christmas holiday and, to some degree, Coca-Cola (Coke).
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
- This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
- In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) |
166 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |
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| Google Android Picture |
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| Google Hangouts Picture |
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| Twitter.com Picture |
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| LG Emoji Picture |
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| Samsung Emoji Picture |
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| Phantom Open Emoji Picture |
Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion |
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| "Short Code" Name |
:santa: |
| Keywords |
Santa, Saint Nick, Jolly, Ho Ho Ho, North Pole, Presents, Gifts, Naughty, Nice, Sleigh, Father, Christmas, Holiday |
| Previous Names: |
Father Christmas
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Unicode Category Information
| Unicode Category |
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range |
1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
Editorial Comment
This man appears at the winter holiday time to spread holiday cheer with a red suit and white beard. Santa Claus. old name: Christmas Guy
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
| Unicode Category |
Artifacts |
| Unicode Subcategory |
Celebration Symbols |
| Names & Annotations |
FATHER CHRISTMAS Old name: SANTA CLAUS = Santa Claus |
| Symbol Information |
U+1F385 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier |
e-513 |
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
| DoCoMo |
[サンタ] |
| KDDI |
#489 サンタ 「santa」 U+EAF0 SJIS-F3C4 JIS-7A46 |
| Softbank |
#319 #old419 サンタクロース 「santakuroosu」 U+E448 SJIS-FB89 |
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