Santa waving from the top of the fire truck, Christmas 2022
The motorcade arriving on a crowded street in Venda Nova, 2022
A father holding his daughter and her new doll, Christmas 2022
Fire truck loaded with bags of toys, Christmas 2022
Since the 1990s · Belo Horizonte, Brazil

A real Christmas for every child

Every December 25 since the 1990s, Santa rides through the shanty towns of Belo Horizonte, Brazil with a motorcade of 30+ vehicles, hundreds of volunteers, and around a thousand new toys. Family-run, donor-funded, and documented down to the last receipt.

$55,110
raised by friends and family since 2011
16,574
new toys delivered to children
30+
Christmas mornings and counting

Moments from the road

Three decades of Christmas mornings, photographed by the volunteers who were there.

A girl smiling with her new doll, 2022
A doll of her own, 2022
A boy receiving a toy car from a volunteer, 2022
New wheels, Christmas 2022
A volunteer delivering a doll to a girl, 2022
Delivered with a smile
Santa and volunteers with a toddler, 2022
Santa and a new friend
Children waiting for the motorcade, 2022
Waiting for the motorcade
Truck banner thanking USA GoFundMe donors, 2022
The truck banner thanking our GoFundMe donors
Santa visiting two girls, Christmas 2022
Christmas morning visits
A dad and his daughter with her new doll, 2022
One of a thousand deliveries

Watch Christmas morning 2024

100% of campaign funds buy toys. Food baskets and clothing are organized and funded locally by volunteers in Brazil. A True Christmas Project is organizing as a New Hampshire nonprofit; our 501(c)(3) application is in progress, and donations are not tax-deductible until it is approved.