Remembering Chocolate Santa, a New Orleans legend by: Wild Bill Wood, with photojournalist Justin Abshire. Posted: Dec 27, 2021 / 05:51 AM CST. Updated: Dec 27, 2021 / 11:16 AM CST.

Santa is real and he lives in New Orleans. At least that’s what’s to be believed from this Twitter thread, in which every person in New Orleans, regardless of age, has a photo of themselves ...

More importantly: his everyday generosity, mirth and love for those around him made him something of a 365-days-a-year Santa, beloved by New Orleans’ Black community and beyond.

It featured a photo of Santa, holding a baby as he does, and a caption: "If you're from New Orleans 9/10 you got pic with this Santa." One look at the responses makes it obvious that the caption ...

It featured a photo of Santa, holding a baby as he does, and a caption: "If you're from New Orleans 9/10 you got pic with this Santa." If you're from New Orleans 9/10 you got pic with this Santa ...

While some are still trying to come to terms with the fact that Santa can be any color, a community in New Orleans has had a Black Santa for decades.. The 7th Ward Black Santa has been around for ...

The Royal Sonesta New Orleans and Children's Hospital New Orleans teamed up to bring "Santa's Pajama Party" to the kids and the families at Children's Hospital.

Seventy-three-year-old Fred Parker is the famous Seventh Ward Santa. For generations, Parker has been playing his roll as Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, and he wouldn’t trade a second of those 45 ...