Are you struggling to find a black Santa? This Texas mom created an app to help

A Texas mom frustrated that her twins and other parents couldn’t visit a Santa Claus who is black found a solution.

She created an app.

Dallas mother Jihan Woods gave birth to twin boys about four years ago, and she wanted her children to “take pride in who they are,” according to a Kickstarter campaign for the app.

“Each year, I searched everywhere to find a Black Santa for my boys and had no luck,” Woods wrote.

She’s not alone. Parents drive up to an hour to the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, to see a black Santa, executive director Terri Lipsey Scott told CBS News.

“The turnout is incredible,” Scott told CBS. “There are so few options as it relates to the availability of having an African-American Santa.”

Woods finally found a black Santa Claus two years ago, but that wasn’t enough, she said.

So, Woods raised about $5,000 in the Kickstarter campaign to build the app “Find Black Santa.” It connect parents with Santa Clauses who are African American.

The free app debuted just before Christmas last year and is available on the App store and Google Play, according to its website.

The app’s directory has black Santas in 35 states, Washington D.C. and even some overseas, WBAL reported. That includes Luke Durant, a Santa Claus for the past 35 years in a Baltimore shopping mall, the TV station reported.

“You have to pick a good guy to be Santa,” Durant told WBAL. “Instead of color, judge the heart of the man.”

For Woods, exposing her children to diversity, including the holidays, is important.

“I really wanted my children to see a Santa Claus that looks like them,” Woods wrote on the app website. “It’s important to me that they experience diversity in all aspects of their lives, Santa included.”