“I want every Deaf child to know — Santa sees you, and Santa signs.”
— The Daily Moth
The Daily Moth, the leading ASL-first news outlet, conducted an interview with Charles Graves directly in American Sign Language — no interpreter mediation, no translation layer between subject and audience. The format itself is part of the story: for Deaf viewers, this is what news in their language looks like, and Graves’s presence in it confers a particular kind of cultural authority.
The conversation covered Graves’s identity as a fourth-generation Deaf Texan, his career at the Texas School for the Deaf, the founding of the Deaf Santa Claus Foundation, and the ongoing work of expanding access to Deaf-cultural holiday experiences. The Daily Moth’s host pressed Graves on what he hopes for the future — particularly the question of whether other Deaf Santas will follow him into the profession.
For the Deaf community, the Daily Moth segment is the version of Graves’s story that requires no translation. For the foundation, it’s one of the most important pieces of coverage in its archive.
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