{"id":5329,"date":"2010-12-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/santa-claus-pays-visit-to-patients-at-miller-children-s-hospital\/"},"modified":"2010-12-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T12:00:00","slug":"santa-claus-pays-visit-to-patients-at-miller-children-s-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/santa-claus-pays-visit-to-patients-at-miller-children-s-hospital","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus Pays Visit To Patients At Miller Children&#8217;s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/m_image1291347530-88162.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A very special someone paid a visit to young patients at the Miller Children&#8217;s Hospital in Long Beach on Thursday, as Santa Claus hopped into his sleigh and traveled all the way from the North Pole to a hospital conference room transformed into Santa&#8217;s Workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Patients at the world-renowned children&#8217;s hospital decorated cookies, wrapped gifts for family and friends, and received the newest and coolest holiday gifts from Santa himself.<\/p>\n<p>Santa decided to make the trip after a phone call from Turner Construction, the company that built the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lbpost.com\/news\/ryan\/7647\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hospital expansion completed earlier this year<\/a>. Volunteers from the Aquarium of the Pacific also attended to help out the jolly old man.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in donating time, gifts or funds to young patients this holiday season, visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.millerchildrenshospitallb.org\/give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> millerchildrenshospitallb.org\/<wbr>give<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/m_image1291347561-13244.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/m_image1291347572-63290.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/m_image1291347577-90644.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/m_image1291347581-2635.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; 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