I thought Tubridy did an awful disservice to the kids. Apart from the inappropriateness of asking some of the kids for hugs - he used the kids at every opportunity to get laughs from the adult audience.
Really - if those children had been adults, they'd have gone home feeling belittled and humiliated.
He made fun of the way they spoke - when the boy said 'kilt' instead of 'killed' it was a great opportunity to get the audience to join in mocking him. He made stupid remarks that only appealed to grown ups about the toys ('spooky doll'), stopped the boy telling the perfectly innocent Horrid Henry story about Henry wearing girls pants by making some stupid remarks about 'children listening, and where is this going', etc, etc.).
It was just Ryan trying yet again to show us that's he's So Witty, and So Good With Kids, and Just Like A Big Kid Myself Aren't I Gas.
He didn't even realise he'd have been so much cooler to have worn a really Naff Christmas Jumper...