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