1||December 10, 2010: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pretend to sing with an acapella group in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a holiday reception.
Here’s more from the holiday season at the White House…||Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton&&
2||November 30: Bo, the Obama family dog, sits by a larger-than-life holiday decoration of himself in the East Garden Room of the White House. Some 80 volunteers helped create the four-foot statue, which is made of 40,000 pipe cleaners.||Official White House Photo&&
3||December 12: Glee‘s Matthew Morrison, Mariah Carey, Ellen DeGeneres, the First Family, and other performers sing “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” onstage at the “Christmas in Washington” performance at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
4||December 12: At the “Christmas in Washington” performance at the National Building Museum. ||Newscom/Sipa&&
5||December 2: The President and First Lady take part in the Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony in the East Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
6||December 9: Michelle Obama reads “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
7||December 10: The President and First Lady descend the Grand Staircase as they make their way to a holiday reception on the State Floor of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
8||December 8: White House pastry chefs decorate cookies shaped like Bo, the Obama Family Dog.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
9||December 13: Michelle Obama and Santa Claus visit a children’s hospital in D.C.||Newscom/Sipa&&
10||December 13: Obama checks his BlackBerry en route to the Oval Office.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
11||December 8: The American Youth Choir performs in the Grand Foyer of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
12||December 9: President Obama, with mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia, and Michelle Obama, react as they push the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
13||December 9: The National Christmas Tree is illuminated on the Ellipse in Washington D.C. ||Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson&&
14||December 10: The Obamas address guests during a holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
15||December 14.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
16||December 1: Michelle Obama and White House Pastry Chef Bill Yosses laugh as a young visitor tastes her decorated cookie during a holiday craft demonstration with the children of military personnel in the State Dining Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson&&
17||November 26: Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, watch the arrival of the official White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson&&
18||December 5: The President and First Lady pose in front of the Official White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
19||December 10: White House military aides stand by the fireplace in the Blue Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton&&
20||December 1: Michelle Obama greets an acapella group from Princeton University during a holiday reception for volunteers in the Grand Foyer of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton&&
21||November 29: White House Assistant Pastry Chef Susie Morrison constructs the White House gingerbread house in the China Room of the White House. The house, which weighs 350 lbs, is made from a foundation of gingerbread and is covered with white chocolate.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
22||December 14.||Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton&&
23||December 8: Visitors write cards to servicemen and women during a holiday tour in the East Wing Entrance of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton&&
24||December 5: Obama in the Oval Office takes a late night phone call from President Hu Jintao of China, after attending the Kennedy Center Honors.||Official White House Photo by Pete Souza&&
25||December 1: White House Chief Floral Designer Laura Dowling arranges a bouquet in the Vermeil Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
26||December 8: Visitors touring the White House pose for photos in front of the Christmas tree in the Blue Room of the White House.||Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy&&
