The Comparison
🧑🏾🎄 edges out in overall usage because the medium-dark skin tone modifier historically sees broader adoption across diverse communities as a versatile representation emoji on most major platforms.
🧑🏿🎄 uses the dark skin tone modifier (Fitzpatrick Type 6)
Official🧑🏾🎄 uses the medium-dark skin tone modifier (Fitzpatrick Type 5), both representing the gender-neutral Santa/holiday figure Mx Claus.
Gen Z uses both to signal inclusive holiday representation and diverse Santa energy,
Genz🧑🏾🎄 tends to appear slightly more often as it reads as broadly relatable across more communities on platforms like Twitter/X and TikTok.
Both carry warm, festive, and inclusive holiday emotions; 🧑🏿🎄 feels like a bold, proud statement of Black representation in holiday culture,
Emotional🧑🏾🎄 can feel like a softer, more universally familiar nod to diversity.
On dating apps, 🧑🏿🎄 is used by dark-skinned individuals to signal cultural pride during the holiday season,
Dating🧑🏾🎄 is used similarly
🧑🏿🎄 appears in memes celebrating Black Christmas culture and 'Black Santa' iconography with pride,
Meme🧑🏾🎄 shows up in more general diverse holiday meme formats and relatable festive content.
On TikTok, 🧑🏾🎄 gets slightly more use in holiday content, diversity holiday edits, and inclusive Christmas aesthetics videos,
Tiktok🧑🏿🎄 is favored in content explicitly celebrating dark-skinned or Black holiday representation.
On WhatsApp, 🧑🏿🎄 is used in family and friend group chats within darker-skinned communities to add festive representation,
Whatsapp🧑🏾🎄 is used slightly more broadly in multicultural holiday chat threads.
Use 🧑🏿🎄 when you want to specifically and proudly represent dark-skinned individuals in holiday contexts or celebrate Black Santa/Mx Claus representation. Use 🧑🏾🎄 when you want a slightly more broadly inclusive holiday representation that resonates across a wider range of medium-to-dark skin tone communities. Both are excellent choices for inclusive, diverse holiday messaging and should be chosen based on your own skin tone or the representation you intend to celebrate.
🧑🏿🎄 uses the dark skin tone modifier (Fitzpatrick Type 6) while 🧑🏾🎄 uses the medium-dark skin tone modifier (Fitzpatrick Type 5), both representing the gender-neutral Santa/holiday figure Mx Claus.
Mx Claus: Medium-dark Skin Tone is more popular. 🧑🏾🎄 edges out in overall usage because the medium-dark skin tone modifier historically sees broader adoption across diverse communities as a versatile representation emoji on most major platforms.
Use 🧑🏿🎄 when you want to specifically and proudly represent dark-skinned individuals in holiday contexts or celebrate Black Santa/Mx Claus representation. Use 🧑🏾🎄 when you want a slightly more broadly inclusive holiday representation that resonates across a wider range of medium-to-dark skin tone communities. Both are excellent choices for inclusive, diverse holiday messaging and should be chosen based on your own skin tone or the representation you intend to celebrate.