🎅U+1F385

Santa Claus emoji

Portrays Santa Claus in his red suit and hat, with a white beard. Reach for it when sending Christmas and holiday greetings, talking about gifts and countdowns, or joking about being naughty or nice.

Unicode name: Santa Claus
Category: People & body, Fantasy people
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+1F385
Shortcode: :santa:
Keywords: celebration, Christmas, claus, fairy, fantasy, father, holiday, merry, santa, tale, xmas

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How to type 🎅

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “Santa Claus”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “Santa Claus”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “Santa Claus”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “Santa Claus”.
GitHub: Type :santa: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	Papá Noel	celebración, claus, cuento, fantasía, feliz, fiestas, Navidad, padre, Papá Noel, santa
Français	père Noël	bonnet, fêtes, magie, noël, Noël, père, Santa Claus, tradition
Deutsch	Weihnachtsmann	Weihnachten, Weihnachtsmann
Italiano	Babbo Natale	Babbo Natale, cappello, fest, festa, Natale, Santa Claus, uomo
Português	Papai Noel	comemoração, festas, natal, noel, papai
Nederlands	kerstman	fantasie, feestdag, kerst, kerstman, Kerstmis, viering, vrolijk
Svenska	jultomte	högtid, jul, jultomte, tomten
Polski	Święty Mikołaj	boże narodzenie, głowa, gwiazdor, legenda, mężczyzna, mikołaj, praca, święta, święty mikołaj, zawód
Türkçe	Noel Baba	insan, kutlama, noel, noel baba, Noel Baba, santa claus
Русский	Санта-Клаус	дед мороз, дедушка мороз, клаус, новый год, рождество, санта, санта-клаус
Українська	Санта Клаус	дід, дід Мороз, казка, Новий рік, різдво, Різдво, Санта Клаус, Святий Миколай, святкування
Ελληνικά	Άι Βασίλης	Άγιος, Άι Βασίλης, γιορτή, παραμύθι, πατέρας, φαντασία, Χριστούγεννα
العربية	بابا نويل	بابا نويل, حدوتة, خرافة, سانتا, سانتا كلوز, عيد, عيد الميلاد, قصة
עברית	סנטה קלאוס	חג המולד, כריסמס, מתנות, סנטה, סנטה קלאוס
فارسی	بابا نوئل	بابا نوئل, پدر, جشن, جن و پری, سانتا, فانتزی, کریسمس
हिन्दी	सैंटा क्लॉज़	क्रिसमस, परी कथा, फ़ादर क्रिसमस, समारोह, सांता, सांता क्लाज, सैंटा क्लॉज़
বাংলা	সান্তা ক্লজ	উদযাপন করা, কল্পনা, ক্রিসমাস, বাবা, রূপকথা, সান্তা ক্লজ
Bahasa Indonesia	Sinterklas	ayah, bapak, dongeng, fantasi, laki-laki, mitos, natal, perayaan, pria, santa, sinterklas, Sinterklas
Tiếng Việt	Ông già Noel	cha, claus, Giáng sinh, lễ kỷ niệm, Ông già Noel, Ông già Noen, santa
ไทย	ซานต้า	คริสต์มาส, ซานต้า, ซานตาคลอส
日本語	サンタ	クリスマス, サンタ, サンタクロース, 顔
한국어	산타클로스	산타, 산타 할아버지, 산타클로스, 아버지, 크리스마스, 클로스
中文（简体）	圣诞老人	圣诞, 圣诞老人, 圣诞节, 节日
中文（繁體）	聖誕老人	爸爸, 聖誕, 聖誕老人, 聖誕老公公

Names in 98 more languages

Afrikaans	Kersvader
Akan	Santa Klauso
Albanian	babagjyshi i krishtlindjes
Amharic	አባባ ገና
Armenian	Սանտա Կլաուս
Assamese	চাণ্টা ক্ল’জ
Azerbaijani	Santa Klaus
Bashkir	Ҡыш бабай
Basque	aita noel
Belarusian	Санта Клаус
Bosnian	djed mraz
Breton	Tad Nedeleg
Bulgarian	дядо коледа
Burmese	ဆန်တာ ကလော့စ်
Cantonese	聖誕老人
Cantonese (Simplified)	圣诞老人
Catalan	pare Noel
Cherokee	ᏧᏠᎦᎴᏓ
Chuvash	Сант-Клаус
Croatian	Djed Božićnjak
Czech	Santa Claus
Danish	julemand
Estonian	jõuluvana
European Portuguese	pai natal
Faroese	jólamaðurin
Filipino	santa claus
Finnish	joulupukki
Galician	Papá Noel
Georgian	სანტა კლაუსი
Gujarati	સાંતા ક્લોઝ
Hausa	Tsoho-da-Gemu
Hungarian	mikulás
Icelandic	jólasveinn
Igbo	Nna Ekeresìmesi
Irish	Daidí na Nollag
Javanese	Sinter Klas
Kalaallisut	julemand
Kannada	ಸಾಂತಾ ಕ್ಲಾಜ್
Kazakh	санта клаус
Kazakh (Arabic)	اياز اتا
Khmer	តាណូអែល
Kinyarwanda	Papa Noheli
Konkani	सांता क्लॉज
Kyrgyz	аяз ата
Kʼicheʼ	Jachal Sipanik
Lao	ຊານຕາຄລັອສ
Latin American Spanish	Santa Claus
Latvian	Ziemassvētku vecītis
Lithuanian	Kalėdų senelis
Lower Sorbian	ruprajcht
Luxembourgish	Kleeschen
Macedonian	дедо мраз
Malay	santa klaus
Malayalam	സാന്താക്ലോസ്
Maltese	Santa Klaws
Marathi	सांता क्लॉज
Mongolian	Санта Клаус
Māori	hana koko
Nepali	सान्ता क्लज
Nigerian Pidgin	Sántá Klọz
Northern Sotho	Santa Claus
Norwegian	julenissen
Odia	ସାଣ୍ଟା କ୍ଲସ୍‍
Oromo	Saantaa kilaawos
Pashto	سانټا کلاز
Punjabi	ਸੈਂਟਾ ਕਲਾਜ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)	سنٹا کلاز
Quechua	Papa Noel
Romanian	Moș Crăciun
Romansh	Son Niclà
Scottish Gaelic	bodach na Nollaig
Serbian	Деда Мраз
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	Дјед Мраз
Serbian (Latin)	Deda Mraz
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	Djed Mraz
Shan	သၼ်ႇတႃႇၶလွတ်ႉသ်
Sindhi	سانتا ڪلاز
Sinhala	නත්තල් සීයා
Slovak	Santa
Slovenian	Božiček
Somali	Aabaha Ciidda Masiixigga
Swahili	baba krismasi
Tajik	бобои барфӣ
Tamil	கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தாத்தா
Telugu	శాంటా క్లాస్
Tigrinya	አባባ ገና
Tongan	Sānita Kalausi
Tswana	Santa Tlelose
Turkmen	Aýaz baba
Upper Sorbian	rumpodich
Urdu	سانتا کلاز
Uyghur	مىلاد بوۋاي
Uzbek	santa-klaus
Welsh	Siôn Corn
Wolof	Pere nowel
Xhosa	U-Santa Claus
Yoruba	Baba Keresi
Zulu	ubaba ukhisimusi

Codes

Code points: U+1F385
HTML: 🎅
CSS: \1F385
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F385}
Python: \U0001F385
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 8E 85
UTF-16: D83C DF85
URL encoded: %F0%9F%8E%85

Questions

What does the 🎅 Santa Claus emoji mean?

Portrays Santa Claus in his red suit and hat, with a white beard. Reach for it when sending Christmas and holiday greetings, talking about gifts and countdowns, or joking about being naughty or nice.

How do I type the 🎅 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “Santa Claus”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :santa:.

When was the 🎅 emoji added?

🎅 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🎅?

U+1F385. In HTML you can write 🎅, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F385}.

Does 🎅 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🎅🏻 light, 🎅🏼 medium-light, 🎅🏽 medium, 🎅🏾 medium-dark and 🎅🏿 dark.