First lady Melania Trump, a known hater of Christmas, could use a lesson from former President Barack Obama on how to read a picture book to children.

Both read to children this week ahead of Christmas, but only one seemed able to engage with their youthful audience.

Melania, 55, dressed in a dour all-black outfit to visit the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5, continuing a decades-long tradition for first ladies to read to pediatric patients there.

During her reading of the children’s picture book How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Melania did not show the children any of the illustrations that accompanied the story, nor did she use much inflection while reading.

In a clip shared by the White House, the children seated on either side of the first lady fid

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