WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 20: US President Bill Clinton (r) in picture taken 20 December 1996 at the White House in Washington, DC., holds Socks the cat for children to pet as his wife Hillary looks on at the annual reading of Clement C. Moore’s T’was the Night Before Christmas. Clinton read the classic poem to a group of children invited to the White House from Washington area schools. (Photo credit should read RICHARD ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)