flotus spreads some holiday cheer

[sheshe2]

First Lady Michelle Obama, Chairman and CEO of Toys For Tots Ret. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Peter Osman and USMC Staff Sgt. Catalina Perez arrive to help sort toy donations for Toys For Tots at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington











http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/19/flotus-spreads-some-holiday-cheer/

Oh look! Santa is not only black, but, but, but, aaaaa Woman to boot!

BOG

[Tigress DEM]

1. Silly, she's just one of many of Santa's helpers.

It doesn't matter what color Santa is. What matters is the spirit of giving and sharing he is supposed to inspire in all of us.

Maybe he's really an alien with control of time. That would explain a lot.

[IrishAyes]

7. In response to his little girl's asking about white Santas, a friend of mine used to tell her,

"Don't worry, Santa's really black. He's just passing."

That's a phrase I've borrowed a few times myself to shut up particularly virulent racist diatribes in my presence: "How do you know I'm not passing?" Guaranteed to stop 'em in their tracks, because it's an unfamiliar challenge and they don't know quite what's about to happen, though they're pretty sure they might not enjoy it. People who don't know me yet take one look and make all sorts of erroneous assumptions; the racists think they've got carte blanche.

God bless them, more and more of the younger generation are just plain puzzled over the hangups of ours.

[Tigress DEM]

2. But you know, Flotus is really a beautiful woman. Inside and out. nt

[sheshe2]

3. She is indeed, Tigress Dem. nt

[Grey]

4. That girl in picture # 5,

So Cool.

[sheshe2]

5. She is indeed priceless, Grey. nt

[IrishAyes]

8. My favorite too. Definitely something on her mind.

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. I'm imagining her saying ...

"A book? I already know how to read. Mrs. President, I wanted that fire truck"

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. that hairstyle looks like it is way more difficult and expensive to pull off than it first appears

this is me, a guy who doesn't know much about hair styling...so correct me if I'm wrong.

Whatever the case, beautiful!

[IrishAyes]

9. You're spot on. Very often the hardest thing about any accomplishment is to make it look

effortless. Although I tend to suspect that if anyone looks beautiful first thing in the morning, it would be our First Lady. On the other hand, when my eyes pop open in the morning, wise people give me plenty of elbow room until there's a coffee cup in my hand. I would remind you of that famous picture of Grumpy Cat, where he/she's saying, "I had fun once. It was awful."

[ucrdem]

11. Reflecting in the Oval.

The White House @WhiteHouse https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/414183592323842048/photo/1

[sheshe2]

12. That is so beautiful, ucrdem!

[ucrdem]

13. and another pic of Santa ...

Thanks sheshe!