Posted on 12/02/2016 7:45:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Mall of America is celebrating diversity this holiday season.
For the first time since it opened in the early 1990s, a black Santa will hear children's wishes at the Minnesota mall.
"It's pretty historic," Landon Luther, co-owner of The Santa Experience, which runs a small photo studio in the mall, told NBC. "We want Santa to be for everyone."
Luther said he wanted a diverse bunch to pose for photos with visitors this year, so he sent staff members to a Santa convention in Bronson, Missouri.
There was a single black Santa at the convention, Texas resident Larry Jefferson. Luther got in touch with Jefferson, who agreed to a four-day contract at the country's largest mall. And so far, there's been nothing but holiday cheer for Jefferson.
"It's been nothing but positive. We're getting a lot of support," Luther told NBC.
In fact, Jefferson is so popular that he's now fully booked for the weekend that he is scheduled to appear at the mall.
Luther is hoping Jefferson will come back to the Mall of America for a longer stint as Santa next year.
I just see a santa there I so long for a time when this ain’t news
Great pic!
Yep, they aren’t all Turkish.
That’s awesome!
Appropriating white culture.
I have no problem with this.
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Looks like Santa to me. Bet he can do a cool HO HO HO.
same here
I’ll bet the Muzzies are pissed and “offended”.
He’s cute. Just the right amount of twinkle.
Real beard, not a stick-on. Cool!
That’s headline news? Big whoop. He could be purple as far as most people are concerned just as long as he’s jolly and wearing a red suit. The msm is steady stirring the pot.
Please don’t say that was 45 years ago. That makes us old.
so much for cultural appropriation
Can’t argue against a Santa as cute as that!!
My family watches Archie every night, plus the Jeffersons. My kids are 8 and 9 and never heard the n-bomb until George dropped it 3 times in an episode this week!! Hubby and I nearly fell out of our chairs! Oh well, they’ve gotta learn it someday, at least I can say it wasn’t from our side. But hopefully it didn’t sink in, George was a pretty fast talker when he got worked up, hopefully they didn’t even catch it.
When the show was over I said “Can we all watch Blazing Saddles now?”
White House Santa: 8 years $10 Trillion
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