CSPAN - First Lady Visits Children's National Hospital
Aired: 2025-12-06
Duration: 16:35


=== Why Santa Likes Green (07:56) ===

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[00:01:03]  And now, First Lady Melania Trump reads the book, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett while visiting patients at the Children's National Hospital here in Washington.
[00:01:35]  Good morning.
[00:01:36]  My name is Kellen McLean, and 10 years ago, I was a patient at Children's National Hospital, where I met our special guest at the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden Grand Opening.
[00:01:48]  Today, I'm a student at the Virginia Military Institute, fulfilling a dream I had since the beginning of my treatment at Children's National.
[00:01:56]  I am incredibly grateful for the treatment I received at Children's National and happy to introduce our special guest, the First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Trump, and her special escorts, Faith Henkel, and Riley Whitney.
[00:02:54]  So, thank you so much, Kaylin, for a beautiful introduction.
[00:02:58]  And thank you, Fate and Riley.
[00:03:00]  You all look beautiful.
[00:03:02]  Thank you for having me here.
[00:03:04]  Hello, Santa and Mrs. Claus.
[00:03:11]  So today I will read the book, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney.
[00:03:21]  How does Santa do it?
[00:03:24]  How does it work?
[00:03:26]  Does he cinch up his belt or shrink himself down to the size of a mouse or stretch out like Taffy and step in one leg at a time?
[00:03:45]  Maybe Santa can turn into fire, but probably not.
[00:03:51]  Does he go head first or feet first or neither?
[00:03:59]  Does Santa ever get stuck partway down and need one of the reindeer to give him a kick?
[00:04:10]  Does his soot get sooty?
[00:04:14]  Because shimini have soot.
[00:04:19]  And then does Santa do laundry before he goes to the next house?
[00:04:28]  And if you don't have a shimini, what happens then?
[00:04:35]  Maybe Santa knows about the key under the flower pot, even thought nobody's ever, ever supposed to mention the key under the flower pot.
[00:04:48]  So how would he find out about that?
[00:04:54]  Does he flatten himself and slide under your door?
[00:05:00]  Or does he slip through the pipes and come out of your faucet?
[00:05:08]  Or if you have got a mail slot, I bet Santa folds up like a letter and has a reindeer pop him through.
[00:05:18]  And I bet the stamp on Santa is one of those Santa stamps too.
[00:05:25]  Dogs must like Santa very much or else they bark.
[00:05:31]  He probably carries treats in his pocket and knows just where every dog likes to be scratched.
[00:05:40]  He tells them they are good and whispers them names, which he knows without even looking at their colours.
[00:05:50]  I bet he lets them give him kisses right on his beard if they are kind of dogs that like to lick.
[00:06:00]  Can Santa see in the dark?
[00:06:03]  Does he wear night vision goggles that make everything green?
[00:06:10]  I bet he'd like that because Santa likes green.
[00:06:15]  Or hit vision goggles because he might like red better.
[00:06:22]  Should we leave out carrots, not cookies, on Christmas Eve since they are good for his eyesight?
[00:06:33]  No.
[00:06:34]  The twinkling lights on the tree will make enough light for Santa to see, tiptoeing past chairs without bumping his knee, to leave a present or two or three and get a kiss from the dog if it's a dog that licks.
[00:06:54]  And take a cookie or two or three and then leave.
[00:07:00]  Santa goes up the shimeni the same way he comes down and I have no idea how Santa does that.
[00:07:11]  But I'm so glad he can.
[00:07:16]  Thank you.
[00:07:21]  I'm sure Santa will visit all of you this Christmas and bring you a lot of toys.
[00:07:28]  So I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
[00:07:34]  I wish you a lot of strength and love.
[00:07:37]  My husband, President, is sending love and best wishes as well.

=== C-SPAN's Unbiased Voice (08:53) ===

[00:07:43]  Thank you for having me here.
[00:07:45]  Thank you.
[00:07:51]  Thank you to the First Lady of the United States.
[00:07:53]  Mrs. Trump, thank you so much.
[00:07:56]  We are so honored to have to continue with this long-standing tradition at Children's National, and we're so honored to have you here today.
[00:08:04]  Thank you for spending time with us today and sharing joy and cheer.
[00:08:09]  And we are so appreciative of your partnership and your commitment to children's health and hope.
[00:08:15]  So, on behalf of Children's National and everyone here today, we wish you happy holidays.
[00:08:21]  Thank you.
[00:08:32]  Did you want to say I am?
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