- I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME REAL KIDS' LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS.
IT'S A SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION OF OUR SEGMENT "JUST KID INK."
[singing] - I BELIEVE
THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE
TEACH THEM AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY
SHOW THEM ALL THE BEAUTY THEY POSSESS INSIDE
GIVE THEM A SENSE
OF PRIDE
TO MAKE IT EASIER
LET THE CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER
REMIND US HOW WE USED TO BE
I DECIDED LONG AGO
[cheers and applause]
NEVER TO WALK IN ANYONE'S SHADOWS
IF I FAIL, IF I--
- SORRY. I'M SORRY.
[cheers and applause]
[sighs]
IT JUST-- THE LYRICS MOVE ME.
THIS COMES FROM RENEE SCHULTZ FROM WATERFORD, WISCONSIN.
"MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WROTE THIS LETTER TO SANTA."
SAYS, "DEAR SANTA,
"I WOULD LIKE AN AMERICAN GIRL GLOW BOX,
"AMERICAN GIRL STUFF THAT IS IN MY BOOK,
"A NEW PUPPY, A WII, AND I WANT A SISTER.
"I WAS A GOOD GIRL, BUT MY BROTHER, BEN,
"SAID THE F WORD, LIKE, TWO OR THREE TIMES,
AND I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW."
[laughter and applause]
I LOVE THAT SHE JUST ADDS
"I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW" AT THE END.
LIKE, VERY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE TATTLETALER.
[laughter]
AND LOOK AT THE LIST. LOOK AT EVERYTHING SHE WANTS.
SHE WANTS A BOOK, A PUPPY, A WII, A SISTER.
WHEN I WAS SEVEN, I GOT A DAY OFF FROM THE FACTORY,
AND I WAS HAPPY.
[laughter]
BUT I DO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
I HAVE A BROTHER WHO SWEARS LIKE A SAILOR,
SO, MAMA, I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW,
IF YOU'RE WATCHING.
MARK BARTLET FROM YAMHILL, OREGON--
"OUR DAUGHTER WANTED A BUGS BUNNY DOLL
"FROM J.C. PENNY.
SHE WAS VERY PHONETIC IN HER SPELLING."
HERE'S HER LIST,
AND IF YOU CAN JUST ZOOM IN AND SEE--
"BUGS BUNNY, $44, AND..."
[laughter]
"J.C. PENIS."
[chuckles]
JILL NORRIS IN WAKE FOREST, NORTH CAROLINA--
"MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON WESTON DREW THIS PICTURE OF SANTA."
OH, BOY.
"THIS--FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER. HE WAS VERY PROUD."
[laughter]
HOW?
HOW IS THAT SANTA CLAUS AT ALL?
[laughter]
IT LOOKS LIKE A J.C. PENNYS TO ME.
[laughter]
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IF YOU SEE A KID'S LETTER OR DRAWING
YOU THINK I SHOULD SEE, SEND IT TO ME.