What are you doing for Christmas? Any plans?

-Hopefully a little time with my family,

a little time with her family, so...

-What was Christmas like for you in the Cena family growing up?

-Oh, it was "awfulsome," and I say that because it was --

[ Laughter ] -That's a great new word.

-'Cause it was awesome. -Yeah.

-'Cause it was like five boys.

We all liked all the same stuff, so it was like presents aplenty,

but it was awful, because we were very bad kids,

and we should have got coal every year.

-Really? And Santa --

I hope Santa's watching -- -He's very nice.

He's very nice. And we would all --

We lived in a two-story house,

so all of us would wake up at like 0430

and be at the top step,

and you can't ever go down the steps,

'cause my dad, who was asleep, but could somehow hear us all.

[ Laughter ] If he heard a step creak,

He'd be like, "Stop it!" -Yeah, I...

-But we couldn't go in and wake them up because it was illegal.

We had to wait -- let -- let them come out of the bedroom.

-No, I know the rules, yeah. -So we would try to peek down,

and then, eventually, somebody would get brave enough

to go in to the bedroom.

"All right, stop it! We're going downstairs."

And we would go downstairs, and it would be like

the unwrapping scene in the "Christmas Story."

-Yeah.

-...where it was just arms and teeth and paper

and stuff that needed to be assembled and pieces everywhere,

and my old man scratching his head,

just ready to swallow a shotgun.

It was -- [ Laughter ]

It was awesome. It was awesome.

-That is just fantastic.

-Everything needs batteries. -I totally remember that.

I remember I forgot the peeking down the stairs

to see if Santa came. -Oh, man.

-And then, I remember, at one point,

trying to almost, like, grab on to the banister and the wall

and try to just shimmy my way downstairs.

-Like "Mission: Impossible" or something?

-Yeah, and not step on the steps, and they --

'cause they always creaked in my house.

I didn't want to get busted.

You know, I was reading -- I was reading up about you.

You know I run your Wikipedia page, and I --

[ Laughter ] -And I thank you for that.

-I know. You're welcome. And I --

There's one thing I learned -- Tell me if this is true --

but that you learn --

you try to teach yourself different things,

like you learning how to play the piano,

or you're learning how to speak Mandarin.

-Yeah, correct. So --

-In your spare time.

But you're so busy.

-But yeah, but, man, you can like --

-Rosetta Stone? -No, I got a tutor.

We talk and... -Really?

-Yeah, yeah. -Mandarin's tough.

-Yes, it is. [ Laughter ]

-I got a Rosetta Stone.

I couldn't even get past the first, like, hour or whatever.

-Okay, so we'll -- we'll try something.

Here we go. [ Clears throat ] Really?

-[ Speaking Mandarin ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Speaking Mandarin ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Speaking Mandarin ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪♪♪♪

What?!

-[ Speaking Mandarin ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Speaking Mandarin ]

-[ Laughs ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-That's right! That's what you do!

That's how you do it right there!

[ Cheers and applause ]

That sounded right.

-So -- -Oh, my gosh.

-So that's all the words you can't say on TV.

[ Laughter ] -Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, you probably -- Yeah. Thank you for doing that.

-You got it. It was nothing. It was just...

-Tell me about -- It was nothing.

Tell me about "Ferdinand," because I loved it.

I have two little kids.

I love the book, the story of "Ferdinand,"

just a beautiful story about a bull who doesn't want to fight.

He doesn't want to be a fighter.

He'd rather smell the -- the flowers.

And it's just a great point to the whole story.

But, today, you read "Ferdinand."

you were at the Library of Congress.

-Yeah, this morning.

-This morning with all these kids,

and you read them all the book.

Look at that. [ Audience awws ]

How cool is that, man?

[ Cheers and applause ]

That's the best. That's why we love you.

That's why we love you, buddy. [ Applause ]

-So, it was -- it was a really fun time.

I obviously believe in the movie.

I feel very passionate about it.

It's a story that's been around for 80 years,

and it's a story about being proud of who you are,

even if you're different.

Different is okay, as long as you're happy.

So, we've created a wonderful universe.

The guys who made "Rio," the guys who made "Ice Age"

have come out and made this wonderful universe

out of "Ferdinand."

I call it a wonderful family film

'cause I think kids and grown folk will enjoy it.

There's a bunch of funny people in it.

Kate McKinnon is my calming goat Lupe.

-Kate McKinnon. She is hilarious.

-So, it comes out December 15th,

and I know every one of you here,

by being here, you agree to see it, so you're all gonna go --

-Yeah, yeah, of course. That's the -- That's the deal.

You're all gonna go and see and enjoy it.

Absolutely. "Ferdinand" --

[ Applause ]

The -- The -- This --

There -- There's a bunch of scenes I loved in the film,

but, of course, the one I --

I thought was just genius is that, at one point,

Ferdinand has to go through a china shop...

-Yes. -...to get away.

-Imagine that, a bull in a china shop.

-Brilliant idea -- a bull in a china --

-What would ever happen if that happened?

-It's just perfect.

I go, "Of course, that has to be part of the movie."

It really made me laugh. It was well done.

I want to show a clip. Here's John Cena.

I think that scene we're talking --

we're gonna show, in the new animated movie, "Ferdinand."

Take a look at this. -Bull in a china shop.

-[ Grunts ] -There he is!

[ Grunts, panting ]

-Let's go this way! -Run away!

-[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Door creaks, thuds ]

[ Clattering ]

[ Gasps ]

Oh, no.

[ Laughter ]

Okay, think thin.

[ Gasps ]

[ Light laughter ]

[ Sighs ] All right.

You are a 2,000-pound feather.

Oh! [ Gasps ]

-[ Humming ]

♪♪♪♪

[ Gasps ]

Ah-- Ah--

Ah-choo!

[ Shattering ]

-[ Laughs ] [ Cheers and applause ]

That's well done. John Cena, everybody!