First Lady Melania Trump Reads Christmas Story to Hospitalized Children

First Lady Melania Trump reads a Christmas book to children as she is seated between patients Sammie Burley (L) and Declan McCahan (R) at Children's National Hospital in Washington on Dec. 6, 2019. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—Melania Trump is continuing the tradition of first ladies reading a story to children too sick to leave the hospital for the holidays.

The White House says the first lady toured a short-stay unit and a surgical unit at Children’s National hospital in Washington on Friday.