- 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."
"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]
[cheers and applause]
IF YOU SEE A KID'S LETTER
OR DRAWING
YOU THINK I SHOULD SEE,
SEND IT TO ME.