the new "weirdly hot" star of Target's holiday ads, a shopper says in one of the TV spots. The big picture: Hot Santa is part of Target's new holiday marketing campaign that leans into shopping ...

First, Netflix gave us "Hot Frosty." Now, Target is giving us a hot Santa. In the retail giant's newly released holiday ads, Santa has traded in his red suit for a snug red sweater and khakis.

Retail giant Target (TGT) wants to sell more clothes. The “weirdly hot” Santa Claus it rolled out a couple months ago did not exactly stuff stockings in the way it had hoped, so now it has ...