In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.

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[schizoauthoress]

Kids and Adults Flock to LA Rarity: Black Santa Claus

By Angel Jennings

[Jahleel Logan, 3, poses with Santa Claus, a.k.a. Langston Patterson, 77, at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Patterson has been the South L.A. mall’s Santa since 2004, with African American families coming at specific times of the day just to visit him. “I just don’t want him to think that all greatness comes from a different race,” said Jahleel’s godmother, Arlene Graves, 45. “There are Santa Clauses his color doing good work too.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times / December 7, 2013)]

Dressed in a red Santa suit, white beard and rimless glasses balanced on his nose, Langston Patterson sits on a velvet couch and waits for his adoring fans.

Some call first to make sure he will be there. They come from Palmdale, Thousand Oaks and San Bernardino, driving past many shopping malls with Santas, but none that look like him.

For nearly a decade, Patterson has been the main attraction at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza during Christmastime: a rare black Santa Claus in a sea of white ones. The mall, located in the heart of black Los Angeles, is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. Some say Patterson is the only black shopping-mall Santa Claus in the Los Angeles area.

As visitors approached him on a recent afternoon, it was hard to tell who was more excited: the youngsters or the adults. The parents are the most loyal. They return with grandchildren, passing on a family tradition with a deep personal meaning.

Click here to read the full story at LATimes.com

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Because Santa Claus doesn’t have to be white, Megyn Kelly.

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

[unimpressedcats]

now i am king of the sea!

[beefranck]

I can’t stop giggling at this. 

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

[sexhaver]

"i can’t fucking read"

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[reasonsmysoniscrying]

"They received new hats."
Submitted By: Katy L.
Location: Iowa, United States 

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[humansofnewyork]

Normally I have to approach people for quotes. But this kid walked right up to me, held his certificate in the air, and screamed: “I played at Carnegie Hall!”

[nonnegative]

Let’s be fair, we’d all do that.

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

[chloehasalotoffeelings]

This is my favorite post in the whole wide world

the happiest faces!!!!!

[nonnegative]

my favorite one is the cat. “i endure.”

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[tastefullyoffensive]

Cats Giving High Fives (Part 1)

Previously: Animals Being Jerks (GIFs)

[nonnegative]

this is my favorite post on the internet

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

[nonnegative]

idk what’s going on here, but i love it.

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[deeply-inside]

Chris Hemsworth enjoy time with daughter India on November, 18.

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

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[madresearcher]

This made me laugh a bit too much. Bless. 

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[togifs]

[video]

[mssutterbutter]

My life summed up in approximately 5 seconds. 

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[thedailyshow]

.@RahmEmanuel sent us some Chicago deep-dish pizza. Thanks, buddy!

[turnabout]

Ha.

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[nonnegative]

i love that he’s so big that when he’s holding her, she always looks like a baby doll instead of a real baby.

[In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.]

[theclearlydope]

Good morning, guys.

Surely I can teach one of my cats to high five me on the way out the door.