Larry Jefferson has been putting on a big red suit and perfecting his best ho, ho, ho for nearly 20 years. The retired Army captain plays Santa at shopping malls, holiday parties and charity benefits.

"Kids only see the red suit, the white beard," said Larry Jefferson, who was certainly Santa to Kingston Strong of Minneapolis at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. ((Leila Navidi ...

Santa Larry Jefferson in Branson, Missouri for Discover Santa 2016. Courtesy Larry Jefferson Dec. 11, 2017, 2:35 PM EST / Updated Dec. 11, 2017, 2:35 PM EST ...

Jefferson, or Santa Larry, is only at the Santa Experience inside the Mall of America, by appointment only. He will be there Thursday until Sunday. For more information, click here.

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As he walked through the crowd of hundreds of bearded, plump, and jolly white men, Larry Jefferson, a professional Santa Claus, stood out. It was July, at the annual Santa Claus convention in ...

Larry Jefferson, the Mall of America's first black Santa, is a retired U.S. Army veteran. Larry Jefferson via The Washington Post As he walked through the crowd of hundreds of bearded, plump, and ...

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For Santa Larry, all of this is just a part of his ministry. "It's not about me as Santa Claus and the gift that I bring. It's about us celebrating our Savior's birth," Jefferson said while ...

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