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Eugene

(62,627 posts)
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 10:44 AM Dec 2018

Barack Obama plays Santa at Washington children's hospital

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Barack Obama plays Santa at Washington children's hospital

Former president hands out gifts to young patients
Hospital: Obama ‘warmed our hallways and put smiles’ on faces


Guardian staff and agencies
Thu 20 Dec 2018 13.27 GMT

Barack Obama surprised patients when he delivered gifts at a children’s hospital in Washington on Wednesday.

The former president wore a Santa hat and carried a sack of presents over his shoulder as he surprised patients and their parents at the hospital, Children’s National Health System, in the north-east part of the capital. He greeted them with a “ho, ho, ho!” and told them his reindeer were “stuck in some snow”, but he wanted to make sure he visited.

Obama chatted with patients in their rooms and stopped by several playrooms. He also recorded a video message for those he couldn’t visit.

The hospital tweeted that Obama “warmed our hallways and put smiles on everyone’s faces!”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/barack-obama-plays-santa-washington-childrens-hospital


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Barack Obama plays Santa at Washington children's hospital (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2018 OP
This was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.... NurseJackie Dec 2018 #1
Awesome Humanity at Play! Smackdown2019 Dec 2018 #2

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
1. This was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen....
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:21 AM
Dec 2018

... it brought tears to my eyes (I'm a sympathy crier anyway) when I saw the emotion of that young girl in bed who burst into tears when President Obama visited and hugged her.

Smackdown2019

(1,254 posts)
2. Awesome Humanity at Play!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:39 PM
Dec 2018

President Obama will ALWAYS be a great President and if it was election day today for two more years, Obama would WIN against the orange clown in the ORANGE house!

PRESIDENT Obama brought many smiles to many little girls and boys. Even the big elf's that worked behind the scenes. For being in his Mid 50s, his future will bring more smiles to many!

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