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The former first lady started her visit to the hospital a bit more traditionally, reading \"Twas the Night Before Christmas\" in front of a packed crowd of patients and their families and hospital staff.

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PHOTO: Former first lady Michelle Obama reads "The Night Before Christmas" to children at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo. on Dec. 13, 2018.
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While she was first lady, Obama famously mom-danced with Jimmy Fallon, danced to Bruno Mars' \"Uptown Funk\" with Ellen DeGeneres and even busted a move with vegetable dancers for her \"Let's Move\" campaign.

(MORE: Michelle Obama surprises a dance class at her former high school and it's amazing: ABC News Exclusive)

More recently, Obama has danced at stops on her book tour for \"Becoming,\" her memoir that is now the bestselling book of 2018.

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It was Obama's \"Becoming\" book tour that took her to Colorado Thursday. She was interviewed by actress Reese Witherspoon in \"Becoming: An Intimate Conversation\" at the Pepsi Center.

Since the book's Nov. 13 release, Obama has appeared in cities from Chicago to Los Angeles, interviewed at each stop by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross and Phoebe Robinson of \"2 Dope Queens.\"

(MORE: Meghan Markle meets with Michelle Obama at London stop of 'Becoming' book tour)

Obama announced earlier this month that her tour will be extended into 2019. She has events scheduled for the New Year in more cities across the U.S. as well as international stops including Paris, London, Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm.

\"Becoming\" has topped the adult nonfiction rankings in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Greece, the book's publisher Penguin Random House announced last month.

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