Meet Santa Claus: medium-dark skin tone β the inclusive holiday hype-man who shows up in chats the second peppermint mochas hit the timeline. People use it to announce gift drops, Secret Santa chaos, and that one generous friend who keeps showing up with snacks like an off-duty elf. It also works as playful sarcasm: when someone overshares kindness or surprise plans, hit them with βOkay, Santa, chill.β
On iOS, you get a front-facing Santa head wearing a bright red cap with fluffy white trim and a round pomβpom, warm mediumβdark skin, and a thick snowy beard with a neat mustache. He has gentle eyes, a small friendly smile, and subtle shading that makes the hat pop like a shiny sticker. The visual giveaway is the high-contrast combo: rich skin tone, crisp white beard, and that cherry-red hat β instant Christmas energy.
Online, this emoji partners with cookies, presents, and sleighs to scream βdelivery incoming,β whether thatβs gifts, memes, or leftovers. Itβs dropped year-round in ironic mode when someone plays Santa with last-minute favors, payday generosity, or shipping notifications (βsleigh is on the wayβ). Expect it in posts the moment Mariah Carey starts defrosting and brands begin yelling about deals. Flirty or goofy takes happen too β jolly vibes only β but it mostly signals cozy community, Secret Santa matchmaking, and #BlackSanta representation that actually feels seen.
The Father Christmas emoji combined with the Darker Brown flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the darker brown skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3831 of 2393 |
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| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Deeper Brown Father Christmas Santa Claus: medium-dark skin tone Santa Claus: Medium-Dark Skin Tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | π πΎ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | π πΎ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🎅 🏾 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🎅 🏾 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f385, 1f3fe |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F385, U+1F3FE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127877, 127998 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x85, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8E 85, F0 9F 8F BE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 216 205, 360 237 217 276 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF85, 0xD83C 0xDFFE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf85, d83cdffe |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57221, 55356 57342 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F385 0x0001F3FE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F385, 01F3FE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127877, 127998 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F385\U0001F3FE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8e\x85\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF85\uD83C\uDFFE" |
