Yasiel Puig -- EL SANTA CLAUS ... Dodgers Star Visits Kids at L.A. Children's Hospital

Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the ward .. .
Yasiel Puig was greeting kids ... with one of his Dodgers teammates on board.

Along with Adrian Gonzalez, they spread Xmas cheer
at Children's Hospital L.A. they passed out signed gear!

But while the two sluggers were out doing good ...
there was another jock helping out in another neck of the woods.

Giants kicker Steve Weatherford was on the East Coast ...
giving toys to homeless children who need them the most.

Steve was working with a group called Second Chance Toys
to make sure it's a great holiday for all the girls and boys.

So, props to the athletes for donating their time ...
now this is the end, we've run out of rhymes.

#merrychristmas.