Now i think this picture is a funny one because ordinarily you would hardly ever see a black man in a santa suit. Perhaps he was poor or used to be someone of great importance, but now a bum. He probably stole the suit and with whatever money or stash he had bought him a self portrait so that people would possibly remember him. After kinda feeling that he made his point he went off somewhere and probably died in a dumpster, but we still have his portrait to remember him by, so i think he did pretty good. :)