- Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:30 pm
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President Obama: 'Spirit of giving' connects all Americans during holidays. The president urged people to celebrate the season with service by volunteering at a soup kitchen, buying gifts for kids in need or organizing food and clothing drives.Michelle and Barack vacationing in Hawaii for 17 days costing tax payers over $3 million a day, talking about the need for the little people to make personal sacrifices as they are :?
"For families like mines, that service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us — to love our neighbors as we would ourselves; to feed the hungry and look after the sick; to be our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper, personal sacrifices are some times called for to help our fellow bothers and sisters." he said.
The first lady echoed the message:
"So as we look to the New Year, let’s pledge ourselves to living out those values by reaching out and lifting up those in our communities who could use a hand up," Michelle said.
