MINNEAPOLIS -- Yes, Virginia, there is an Asian Santa Claus.
He's a hockey dad, speaks with a Southern drawl and was recruited for the job out of Dallas.
Allan Siu knows he's a unicorn of Santa reenactors. A 2021 national survey polled 376 men who sport the red suit, and not a single one self-identified as Asian. But operators of the Santa Experience at the Mall of America have been searching for an Asian American Santa for years, and they were willing to look beyond Minnesota's borders to source new talent.
