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With the holidays officially in full swing the First Lady Michelle Obama opens her home and shares some fun stories and holiday treats in the new issue of Ladies’ Home Journal.
On celebrating family traditions in the White House:
Michelle admitted that some of her personal family traditions are now celebrated in the White House — how sweet? “Our extended family was so large, people couldn’t really afford to buy gifts for everyone. So a couple of my aunts would go out and purchase small gifts. They would put them in a basket and in order to get a gift you had to perform. You could tell a joke, read a poem, do a backflip – anything counted. It’s a tradition that we’ve carried on today. I’ve hula-hooped, done a dog trick with Bo and read poems. The kids will sing or put on plays. The President and some of the other dads will get together and do a song.”
She also hopes that her family leaves a special legacy behind. “I hope that it’s a legacy of inclusion. Congress comes and important famous people come. But I’m also thinking about a little kid from Kansas who is able to make the trip to see the house. We have a reception almost twice a day, every day, until December 21. That means hors d’oeuvres and eggnog and cookies for every guest who comes through. The house smells incredible for an entire month,” she said.
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