Another year, another successful “Shaq-A-Claus” event for Shaquille O’Neal … but the NBA legend says it’s his mission to make the annual shindig even bigger, telling TMZ Sports he wants to have a 50-state “Shaq-A-Thon” in the future!

The Hall of Famer chopped it up with Courtney and Babcock on “TMZ Live” from Georgia, where they were treating hundreds of kids to a boat-load of free toys and experiences for the holidays.

“Some people call this giving — I call it doing what my mother started, and what she told me to do,” O’Neal said. “A lot of kids look up to me. I’m still kind of amazed that I haven’t played basketball in 50 years and kids still look up to me.”

“I’ve been fortunate enough because I listen to my parents. I get to live the American dream.”

Noah Schnapp says the “Stranger Things” cast and crew had tears in their eyes when they filmed the final episode of the hit Netflix series … and he’s expecting fans to get emotional when the finale drops.

We got Noah in New York City on Tuesday, and our photog asked him if the tears were flowing when the final ‘ST’ season was wrapping up.

Shawn Mendes looks like he may have a new woman in his life — and she’s beautiful — because he was just spotted in South America with Brazilian model and actress Bruna Marquezine.

Check out these photos and video showing Shawn and Bruna in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … they’re leaving a restaurant together Sunday night … and looking super hot.

The “Señorita” singer looks like he’s trying to duck the paps, but photogs got him following Bruna out of the restaurant and into a waiting car.

She’s a stunner … just look at her in that little black dress!

Shawn’s looking like a total hunk here too … and we gotta say, they look good together.

The dinner outing follows a string of public sightings down in Brazil, where Shawn’s been hanging out … there’s also video floating around social media appearing to show them going for a swim together at the beach.

Seems like things are going swimmingly between Shawn and Bruna … they were also spotted Tuesday at an airport in Brazil … and she had a furry friend with them.