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Obamas’ Favorite Christmas Gifts

What’s your favorite Christmas gift? I recall my past years, my favorite Christmas gift is a robot present by my father, now I still cherish it. Maybe some day I can leave it to my children.

As the Obamas prepare for their first Christmas in the White House, they’re reminiscing on Christmases past in a new one-hour TV special with Oprah Winfrey.

“Getting that first big kid, 10-speed bike – that’s always special,” Pres. Barack Obama said of his favorite Christmas gift from his childhood. “I remember that one.”

But even more profound, the president reflects on meeting his father for the first time at Christmas – an encounter that sparked his love of basketball.

“He gave me a basketball,” he said. “I think there was some cause and effect there in terms of the degree to which I just ended up taking up the sport as a kid who didn’t know his dad.”

As for the First Lady, her favorite Christmas gift was a dollhouse.

“I remember I really didn’t know how to set up a house so I had all the furniture lined up along the walls as opposed to nestled around the fireplace,” she said. “But I loved that little doll house.”

And who’s the better gift giver? “I have given some good gifts,” the president said. Addressing his wife, he added, “You get some nice stuff. Here’s the general rule – I give nicer stuff than I get!”

Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special – which the talk show host says she pursued “from the very first day they moved into the White House” .

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Could Barack Obama Choose Oprah As His VP Running Mate?

Since Oprah Winfrey is campaigning with Barack Obama vigourously this weekend, would it be highly probable that if he were to receive the Democratic nomination, that he could select Oprah winfrey as his Vice President running mate? Thank you!

He could, but that would be a really dumb move.

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