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Santa Claus emoji

🎅 Santa Claus

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🎅 Emoji meaning

Ho, ho, ho! Joy, gifts, Christmas Eve, and cozy nights.

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🎅 Meaning

Merry Christmas! The plump, friendly elderly gentleman with a red cap and a white beard lives up in the north. On Christmas Eve, he slips through the chimney to put the presents under the Christmas tree for the good children.

Examples

Christmas is finally here! 🎅
Santa is already on the way. 🎅
Is Santa coming to your house tonight? 🎅

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Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Santa Claus” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ fairy + fantasy + holiday + merry + tale + xmas

In the release of Emoji 15.1 and Unicode 15.1 in 2023 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- Santa Claus

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Santa Claus

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

santa claus

Emoji title after

Santa Claus

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Christmas + celebration + father + santa + claus

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- santa

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