For nearly 50 years, Fred Parker was known as the "Seventh Ward"or "Chocolate Santa" in New Orleans.  His holiday spirit lives on in the many photographs that span generations.  He was a pioneering legend and a Santa that many will never forget.

For many years, Langston Patterson has been the main attraction at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles.  Langston was the only Black shopping mall Santa Claus in the Los Angeles area.