Mx Claus 🧑‍🎄

Mx Claus represents a gender-neutral version of the Claus character, dressed in festive red holiday attire with the warmth and merriment of the Christmas season, but without being tied to a specific gender presentation. The design uses a non-gendered body shape, welcoming all identities into the holiday mythology.

This allows non-binary people, transgender individuals, and anyone who doesn't identify with the traditional Santa or Mrs. Claus representations to see themselves in the holiday story. People use it to celebrate an inclusive approach to Christmas, in LGBTQ+ friendly spaces, and whenever someone wants to represent the holiday spirit without gendered imagery. It's become meaningful in progressive communities that want their holidays to feel welcoming to everyone.

Mx Claus transforms the Santa narrative from a binary to a spectrum—there's no one way to be a holiday icon, just as there's no one way to celebrate or identify. This emoji appears in conversations about inclusive holidays, diverse family celebrations, and modern approaches to Christmas that honor all people.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 13.0 in 2020, Mx Claus arrived alongside other gender-neutral options, giving users the choice to represent themselves authentically during the holiday season rather than defaulting to binary emoji.