Black Santa Napkin
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Black Santa Napkin
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Black Santa Napkin, also known as And a Black Santa Napkin, refers to a clip from a Dougherty Dozen TikTok video in which the family's mother, Alicia Dougherty, holds up a Black Santa napkin, placing one in each of the kids' lunchboxes. Her joyfully announcing, "And a Black Santa napkin!" was funny to some viewers, spawning several memes and brainrot edits that remixed and reedited the clip in early 2025.
Origin
On December 19th, 2024, TikToker[1] Alicia Dougherty posted a video to the @doughertydozen account titled, "What My 11 Kids Got For Lunch Today," in which she showed herself packing Christmas-themed lunches. The video received over 7.5 million plays and 664,400 likes in four months (shown below). At the video's 1:28-minute mark, she finally packs Black Santa napkins, announcing, "And a Black Santa napkin!"
@doughertydozen What did you have for lunch? #Christmas #ChristmasLunch #PackingLunches #LunchIdeasForKids #BreakfastForLunch #HolidayVibes ♬ Cooking – Oleg Kirilkov
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On January 2nd, 2025, TikToker[2] @ljc11212 posted a re-edited version of the clip that sped it up and slowed it down. Over three months, the video received roughly 348,000 likes (shown below).
@ljc11212 #black #santa #napkin #blacksantanapkin #dougherty #dozen #doughertydozen #lunch #christmas #december #holidays #💜 #meme #box #kids #school #fyp #viral ♬
On April 9th, TikToker[8] @maddog0.2 posted an Accuracy Reenactment of the Black Santa Napkin video, gaining over 668,100 likes in two weeks (shown below).
@maddog0.2 black santa naypkin #doughertydozen #doilooklikehim ♬ original sound – maddog
On April 14th, 2025, TikToker[3] @sagescenes posted an Alicia Dougherty fan edit using the Black Santa Napkin clip. The video received over 644,700 likes in nine days (shown below).
@sagescenes #DOUGHERTYDOZEN // and a black santa NAPKIN 💜 #aliciadougherty #edit #ae #aftereffects #viral #fyp ♬ original sound – sagescenes
On April 17th, TikToker[4] @doughertyblacksanta posted a video that was similar to @ljc11212's TikTok,[2] which sped up and slowed down the original clip. Over six days, it received roughly 69,300 likes (shown below).
@doughertyblacksanta @Dougherty Dozen #blacksantanapkin #doughertydozen #alexdougherty #viral #funny #xyzabc #fyp ♬ black Santa napkin – black santa napkin 🖤
Others used the abovementioned video's TikTok sound, such as TikToker[5] @sar81_21 on April 18th, 2025, showing her friend in a Black Santa blanket. Over five days, the video received roughly 214,300 likes (shown below).
@sar81_21 Her emotional support blanket #doughertydozen #blanket #target ♬ black Santa napkin – black santa napkin 🖤
Also on April 18th, TikToker[6] @jaxonm__ posted an Accuracy Reenactment of the Black Santa Napkin video, gaining over 559,200 likes in five days (shown below).
Similar Accuracy Reenactments were shared on TikTok[7] in the following days.
@jaxonm__ #doughertydozen #blacksantanapkin @adalynn ✝️ ♬ original sound – jaxonm__
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7495835462465031467
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7496218090326314270
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7495979050041756971
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7495209388253285678
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External References
[1] TikTok – @doughertydozen
[3] TikTok – @sagescenes
[4] TikTok – @doughertyblacksanta
[7] TikTok – @user02843130854789
[8] TikTok – @maddog0.2
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