--- title: Hipster Mall Santa Has Man Bun in Portland, Oregon description: He was totally handing out presents before it was cool canonical: https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-04T22:46:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:23.959Z og:title: Welcome to Portland, Where Even Santa Claus Has a Man Bun og:description: He was totally handing out presents before it was cool og:url: https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Welcome to Portland, Where Even Santa Claus Has a Man Bun twitter:description: He was totally handing out presents before it was cool twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Welcome to Portland, Where Even Santa Claus Has a Man Bun by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 10:46 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 10:46 PM UTC There was really only one way for the Year of the Man Bun to come to a close. It _had_ to be a hipster Santa Claus with a man bun. There was just no other way. And, of course, you can find this hipster Santa in Portland, Oregon. Instead of that passé red suit and hat, he rocks skinny jeans, a cardigan, thick-rimmed glasses and a man bun. Obviously, he’s still got a full beard. This is real. Here is a local news segment to prove it: Yes, hipster Santa rides a bike and uses an old-school typewriter. We’re not sure what Mrs. Claus’s deal is, but we can only assume that she’s out there somewhere, taking photos of her feet with a camera she doesn’t quite know how to use. _Read next:_ [_Here’s a Clip On Man Bun For the Dude Who Can’t Be Bothered to Grow Out His Hair_](http://time.com/4106220/clip-on-man-bun/) Hipster Mall Santa Has Man Bun in Portland, Oregon ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/"},"headline":"Welcome to Portland, Where Even Santa Claus Has a Man Bun","datePublished":"2015-12-04T22:46:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:23.959Z","description":"He was totally handing out presents before it was cool","url":"https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4137203/portland-hipster-santa-man-bun/","name":"Welcome to Portland, Where Even Santa Claus Has a Man Bun"}}]}] ```