First Lady talks to children following NORAD's tracking of Santa Claus

[kevinbgoode]

Now this really is a nice story. . .while in Hawaii earlier today, First Lady Michelle Obama took calls from children looking for Santa and following NORAD's tracking of his journey around the world. From Reuters via the Globe and Mail:

Eight-year-old Juliana-Rose Hatcher had tracked Santa Claus all of Friday with the aid of NORAD’s Santa hotline before she got some unexpected help from Michelle Obama.

The U.S. first lady stayed behind to answer calls from children trying to pinpoint Santa’s whereabouts while her husband, President Barack Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia hit the beach on their Christmas vacation in Hawaii.

“She asked me what I wanted from Santa and I told her an MP3 player and she said her daughter wants an MP3 player too,” Juliana, of Goose Creek, S.C., told Reuters.

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Austin Futch, 10, from Memphis, Tenn., said he quizzed the first lady about a few things on his mind concerning life in the White House.

He wanted to know how it felt to be surrounded at all times by Secret Service agents – not too bad because they are nice guys – and if it was hard being married to the president.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/children-in-search-of-santa-get-surprise-from-us-first-lady/article1849518/

[hlthe2b]

1. I find this very touching...

Michelle, I appreciate you and the role model you have presented as first lady. Wonderful for these kids.

[applegrove]

2. Michelle is certainly very cute in regards to how she talks to children. She has

a lovely sense of humour too.

[MichiganVote]

3. And are any of them the children of soldiers in the military?

[handmade34]

4. he is in New Hampshire right now

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

(your post caused me to check the tracking)

[calimary]

6. This is cool!

Now in McGrath Alaska.

[elleng]

5. 'He’s kind of funny – fun to hang out with.” '