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admin 12-21-2017 11:30 PM

'7th Ward Santa' featured on Vice News
 
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Fred Parker, the local Christmas legend known alternately as '7th Ward Santa," "Black Santa" and "Chocolate Santa," was featured this week in a nice five-minute segment on VICE News.

Interestingly, the segment traces the tradition of "Black Santa" back to the 1930s and to entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

Take a look:

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