With minicamp coming to an end, Sal Maiorana has a few key questions that the Bills will need answers to when training camp ...

Santa Larry Jefferson smiles with Auden Good, 4, and his 1-year-old brother Ezra of Ramsey during photos at the Santa Experience at Mall of America. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

In 2016, Black Santa made headlines when the nation’s largest mall, the Mall of America, hired Larry Jefferson as their first-ever Black Santa. But Herrington emphasized that the tradition is ...

Mr. Siu asked him. “Well, be very proud of your eyes.” Still, some hold on to a limited idea of what Santa looks like. In 2016, Mr. Jefferson, who is Black, applied to work at a big-box store.

Santa Larry Jefferson, who is African American, made a special appearance at the City of Duncanville Christmas Party. "Yes I am a different type of Santa,” Larry Jefferson said.

Santa Larry Jefferson smiled with Jack Kivel, 3, of Prior Lake for photos at the Santa Experience at Mall of America in December 2016. (Leila Navidi, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

After Santa Larry Jefferson debuted at the MOA, he experienced backlash, too, and noted that naysayers spewing hate online were " for sure " getting coal that year.

Santa Larry (a.k.a. Larry Jefferson) is a familiar face around Dallas. He’s already been busy traveling from North Texas to his workshops in malls across the country.

Back in 1999, Larry Jefferson’s nephews were sick during Christmastime, so he showed up to their house in a $30 Santa suit with a pillowcase that he used as a sack. When they saw him, they got ...

Across the 1950s and 1960s, Black Santas were seen more and more in shopping malls across the United States which all led up to the famous 2016 Mall of America Black Santa appearance (Larry ...

And I'll show that right back to the children," Larry Jefferson said. Jefferson has been bringing that love as " Santa Larry " for about 20 years now, which he started when he was in the military.