--- description: The 24-year-old 'Hunger Games' star paid a visit to Kosair Children's Hospital title: Jennifer Lawrence Visited a Children's Hospital on Christmas Eve image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb90c7a07aa2759f8/69876bba428a9e0429cc5b48/jennifer-lawrence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jennifer Lawrence Visited a Children's Hospital on Christmas Eve by [People / Caitlin Keating](/author/people/) ## People / Caitlin Keating Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 25, 2014 10:04 PM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence attends the premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' on Nov. 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Jennifer Lawrence attends the premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' on Nov. 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Jason Merritt—Getty Images by [People / Caitlin Keating](/author/people/) ## People / Caitlin Keating Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 25, 2014 10:04 PM CUT [Jennifer Lawrence](http://www.people.com/people/jennifer%5Flawrence "undefined") embraced the true spirit of Christmas when she headed home to Louisville, Kentucky, for the holidays. [_The Hunger Games_](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,MediaProductsTax:MovieTheHungerGames,00.html "undefined") star, 24, made dozens of sick children smile when she paid them a visit at the Kosair Children’s Hospital on Christmas Eve. Photos on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/itsjslaw "undefined") show her posing with the kids by their beds as well as in a group where she was also joined by staff. (And joked about her awkward pose in a video, below.) > [](https://twitter.com/Itsjslaw/status/547858100011945984) > [](https://twitter.com/Itsjslaw/status/547846102515712001) Lawrence is no stranger to helping children: she used to serve as an assistant nurse at a children’s summer day camp that her parents ran. “It’s impossible to shock me or gross me out,” she told [the _Los Angeles Times_](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/11/news/la-en-1111-lawrence-20101111 "undefined"). This wasn’t Lawrence’s first holiday visit to this hospital. The Oscar winner also stopped by last year. “Thank you for visiting the kids yesterday. We know it meant a lot to them and brightened their day,” [the hospital tweeted](https://twitter.com/kchjustforkids/status/415301608218841088 "undefined") after that visit. 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