🎅 Father Christmas Emoji — Meaning & Copy Paste

📋 Copy & Code

Emoji 🎅

With name 🎅 Father Christmas

Shortcode :santa:

Unicode U+1F385

HTML Dec 🎅

HTML Hex 🎅

CSS \1F385

C, C++ & Python \U0001f385

Java, JS & JSON \uD83C\uDF85

Perl \x{1F385}

PHP & Ruby \u{1F385}

URL Escape %F0%9F%8E%85

💡 What does 🎅 mean?

The Father Christmas emoji 🎅 is part of the Person Fantasy group within People & Body. It's widely used in digital conversations to visually represent Person Fantasy, making messages more expressive and immediately recognizable across platforms.

Use it in group chats, story reactions, or email subject lines. It's universally understood and renders correctly on every platform.

You'll frequently see 🎅 paired with 👋 Waving Hand Sign, 🤚 Raised Back Of Hand, 🖐️ Hand With Fingers Splayed in real conversations — they complement each other naturally.

First introduced in Unicode 0.6.

💬 Chat Examples

Here's how the Father Christmas emoji 🎅 is used in real conversations:

Kids sat on Santa's lap today 🎅

What did they ask for? 🎅

A puppy... for the 100th time 🎅🐕

🖼️ Father Christmas on Different Platforms

Apple

Google

Twitter / X

Facebook

Microsoft Fluent

Microsoft 3D

Samsung

JoyPixels

OpenMoji

Noto Emoji

🎅 Your Browser

🔗 Word Associations

The 🎅 emoji is often associated with:

⌨️ How to type 🎅

Windows

Win + . → search "father christmas"

Mac

Cmd + Ctrl + Space

Linux

Ctrl + . (GNOME)

Mobile

Emoji keyboard 🔤

Or simply copy from this page!

🎨 Skin Tone Variants

🎅 🎅🏻 🎅🏼 🎅🏽 🎅🏾 🎅🏿

👥 Related Emojis

👋 Waving Hand Sign 🤚 Raised Back Of Hand 🖐️ Hand With Fingers Splayed ✋ Raised Hand 🖖 Raised Hand With Part Between Middle And Ring Fingers 🫱 Rightwards Hand 🫲 Leftwards Hand 🫳 Palm Down Hand 🫴 Palm Up Hand 🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand 🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand 👌 Ok Hand Sign

📦 Other person-fantasy Emojis

🧛 Vampire 🧝 Elf 🧛‍♂️ Man Vampire 🧜 Merperson 🧞 Genie 🧙‍♂️ Man Mage 🧙‍♀️ Woman Mage 🧌 Troll 🦹‍♂️ Man Supervillain 🧝‍♂️ Man Elf

🌍 🎅 Father Christmas In Other Languages

Discover the name of the 🎅 emoji in various languages:

Arabic بابا نويل

Chinese 圣诞老人

Chinese (Traditional) 聖誕老人

French père Noël

German Weihnachtsmann

Hindi सैंटा क्लॉज़

Italian Babbo Natale

Japanese サンタ

Korean 산타클로스

Portuguese Papai Noel

Spanish Papá Noel

Turkish Noel Baba

Vietnamese Ông già Noel

Russian Санта-Клаус

Thai ซานต้า

Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)

❓ FAQ

What does the Father Christmas emoji 🎅 mean?

The Father Christmas emoji 🎅 is part of the People & Body category (person-fantasy group). It was added in Unicode 0.6 and is available on all major platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows.

How do I copy the Father Christmas emoji?

Click the "Copy 🎅" button at the top of this page, or click any copy button next to the format you need (emoji, shortcode, HTML entity, or Unicode).

What is the shortcode for 🎅?

The shortcode is :santa:. You can use it on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

Father Christmas Emoji