A gender-neutral version of Santa Claus, in red with a white-trimmed hat, standing for Christmas and holiday cheer.
People choose it when they want a Santa figure without naming a gender, or to represent themselves dressed as Santa. It works in the same places as ๐ : greetings, gift exchanges and holiday plans.
The name uses Mx, a title for people who prefer not to use Mr. or Mrs.
Facts
Mx Claus ๐งโ๐ is an emoji in the people and body category, under person fantasy. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is a sequence that joins ๐ง person and ๐ Christmas tree. Devices that do not know the sequence show those emoji side by side. It comes in five skin tones, from light to dark. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :mx_claus:. People also look for it with words like โChristmasโ, โMxโ, โcelebrationโ, or โclausโ.