Life for the First Children: Boston Globe
Friday, December 26, 2008 at 11:33AM In Hawaii, the Obama girls had their last normal Christmas for awhile, so normal, if we are to believe it, that 7-year-old Sasha and 10-year-old Malia were among the millions of excited preadolescents around the world on Christmas Eve. Would they be judged naughty or nice as St. Nick checked his list twice? “The girls believe in Santa and write him letters because as Malia tells it, ‘there’s no way our mom would buy us all this stuff,’ ” Michelle Obama told People magazine.
With some minor irony, the longer version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” talks about Santa bringing “curly-head dolls that toddle and coo.” So far, these girls, who are about to give curly hair an unprecedented place in American history, have done nothing but warm American hearts. Much has already been made of the potential of Barack and Michelle Obama being the ultimate Huxtable family of the old “The Bill Cosby Show.” The incoming First Couple says they expect the First Children to do their chores and pick up the poop from their new puppy. more
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