'There may be those who balk at Santa being Black, Asian or Latino. But given the world we live in, Santa should be whatever a child wants him to be,' writes culture columnist Joy Sewing.
Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerAn Asian Santa greeted children at Minnesota's Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping mall, this year for the first time in history. And two of the Santas on rotation there are Black. Another speaks Spanish and yet another Cantonese.
He calls himself one of Santa's helpers, but I bet many children don't know the difference. Santa is whatever a child needs. The Tulsa native said the only Santa he visited growing up was a white bearded man who worked at the mall. My first job was a Santa's elf at Foley's department store in Sharpstown Mall. I helped children pose with Santa for photos. Santa was white, and I don't think it occurred to many shoppers that he could be anything different.
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