Thread: What BEARD-STYLE is current in today's fashion?

I have donned a beard for 35 of my 48 years of life. I let it grow long during the Christmas season so I can become Santa Claus. <3
I did shave myself totally clean-shaven during the blistering heat-wave during the last Summertime.
I now have a total-Santa-length-beard.
Myself having naturally black hair that is STRAIGHT AS A BOARD) I am told that I look Mexican or Iraqi. - I'm wanting to trim my beard to a "more-manageable" and comfortable length. - With my OVAL-SHAPED face, to what length should I trim and maintain my beard? I want to make my face look l-o-n-g-e-r <-(this is a VIDEO RECORDING thing....)
P.S. Some years ago, I trimmed my beard to a length to look like the actor, Tom Sellick (Magnum P.I.) during his career in that T.V. series.
Thanks for ideas...

I did don a Goatee a few years ago. I look like a CHICANO with my dark complection.
Again in my black hair, I can almost double for the actor Cheech Marin with a Fu-Manchu mustache.

Me...? I have always admired this style:

http://nzblokes.co.nz/wp-content/gallery/beard1/german-world-beard.jpg