Emojion🎅 Santa Claus
Meaning
The go-to emoji for all things Christmas — greetings, gift talk, and holiday hype. Also used beyond the season to signal generosity or an unexpected gift.
Keywords: celebration, christmas, claus, fairy, fantasy, father, holiday, merry, santa, tale, xmas
This emoji supports skin tone variations.
How it's used around the world
JapanIn Japan, Christmas is more of a romantic couples' holiday than a family occasion, so 🎅 often evokes date-night plans rather than family gatherings.
💡 Did you know?
The official Unicode name is "Father Christmas" (the British term), added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Skin tone variants arrived with Emoji 2.0 in 2015, making it one of the earlier people emoji to support them.
💡 Did you know?
In Western countries, Christmas typically means family time — but in Japan it's strongly associated with romantic dates, so the same 🎅 can land very differently depending on where you're from.