English subtitles for clip: File:First Family Attends The Christmas Tree Lighting - 2016.webm

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(music playing)

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The President:
Hello, everybody.

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Happy holidays
to all of you.

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Eva Longoria, thank you
for the wonderful hosting.

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Kelly Clarkson, we love.

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To everybody who is here
tonight and everybody

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watching at home, it is now
officially the time to light

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this tree.

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(applause)

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The President: Are you
guys ready to countdown?

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We're going to start
from five, you ready?

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You sure?

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Okay let's go.

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Multiple Speakers: Five,
four, three, two, one!

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(applause)

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The President: Merry
Christmas, everybody!

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(music playing)

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Mrs. Obama: Hi, everybody.

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Merry Christmas,
are we ready?

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Simone, you ready?

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Simone Manuel:
I'm very ready.

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Mrs. Obama: Thanks
for reading with me.

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Are you guys ready?

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Multiple Speakers: Yeah.

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Mrs. Obama:
Alright, here we go.

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'Twas the night before
Christmas, when all through

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the house not a creature a
creature was stirring, not

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even a mouse.

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Simone Manuel: The stockings
were hung by the chimney

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with care in hopes the
St. Nicholas soon would

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be there.

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Mrs. Obama: The children
were nestled all snug in

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their beds while visions of
sugarplums danced in their head.

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And mama in her kerchief,
and I in my cap had just

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settled down for a
long winter's nap.

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Simone Manuel: When out on
the lawn there rose

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such a clatter.

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I sprang from my bed to
see what was the matter.

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Mrs. Obama: Away to the
window, I flew like a flash.

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Tore up the shudders
and threw up the sash.

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The moon on the breast of
the new fallen snow gave a

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luster of midday
to objects below.

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Simone Manuel: When what to
my wondering eyes should

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appear, but a miniature
sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.

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Mrs. Obama: With a little
old driver so lively and

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quick, I knew in a moment
it must be St. Nick.

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Simone Manuel: More rapid
than eagles, his corsers

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they came, and he whistled
and shouted and called them

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by name.

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Now Dasher, now Dancer,
now Prancer and Vixon.

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On Comet, on Cupid, on
Donder, and Blitzen.

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Mrs. Obama: To the top of
the porch, to the top

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of the wall.

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Now, dash away, dash
away, dash away, all.

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As dry leaves before the
wild hurricane fly when they

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meet with an obstacle
mount to the sky.

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Simone Manuel: So, up to the
housetop the corsers they flew.

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With sleigh full of toys
and St Nicholas, too.

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Mrs. Obama: And then in a
twinkling, I heard on the

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roof the prancing and pawing
of eight little hoof.

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As I drew in my head and was
turning around, down the

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chimney St. Nicholas
came with a bound.

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Simone Manuel: He was
dressed all in fur from his

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head to his foot, and his
clothes were tarnished with

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ashes and soot.

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Mrs. Obama: A bundle of toys
he had flung on his back,

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and he looked like a
peddler, just opening his pack.

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His eyes, how they twinkled,
his dimple how merry.

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His cheeks were like roses,
his nose like a cherry.

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Simone Manuel: His draw
little mouth was drawn up

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like a bow, and the beard on
his chin was as white

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as the snow.

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Mrs. Obama: The stump of a
pipe he held tight in his

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teeth, and the smoke, it
encircled his head

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like a wreath.

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Simone Manuel: He had a
broad face and a little

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round belly that shook when
he laughed like a bowel full

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of jelly.

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He was chubby and plump,
a ripe jolly old self.

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When I laughed when I saw
him in spite of myself.

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Mrs. Obama: A wink of his
eye and a twist of his head

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soon gave me to know I
had nothing to dread.

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Simone Manuel: He spoke not
a word, but went straight to

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his work and filled all the
stockings, then turned with

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a jerk.

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And laying his finger aside
of his nose, and giving a

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nod, up the chimney he rose.

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Mrs. Obama: He sprang to his
sleigh, to his team gave a

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whistle and away
they all flew.

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Like the down of a thistle.

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Simone Manuel: But I heard
him exclaim as he drove out

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of sight -

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Michelle Obama and Simone
Manuel: Merry Christmas to

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all, and to all
a good night.

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(applause)

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Mrs. Obama: Great job.

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(applause)

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The President: Well,
thank you Dylan for that

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introduction and for all
that you do for our parks

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down in Texas.

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I also want to thank
Reverend Haggins for her

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beautiful invocation, and as
we continue to celebrate the

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centennial of our national
parks, I want to recognize

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our tremendous Secretary of
the Interior, Sally Jewell.

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(applause)

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Our National Parks Service
Director, Jonathan Jarvis.

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And all the rangers and
staff from the Park Service

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and the National Park
Foundation, here's to

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another 100 years.

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(applause)

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Let's give it up for
Eva Longoria and the

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star-studded group we have
here performing tonight.

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Gold Medalist,
Simone Manuel.

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Kelly Clarkson, Yolanda
Adams, Garth Brooks and

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Tricia Yearwood, Chance the
Rapper, the Lumineers, Marc

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Anthony, James
and Kim Taylor.

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It's like a Christmas
edition of Lollapalooza.

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(laughter)

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And this is just another
example of why the holidays

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here at the White
House are so special.

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Last week, I
pardoned a turkey.

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(laughter)

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Tonight, we're lighting the
National Christmas Tree.

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This one is easier because
a tree does not move.

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It does not gobble.

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(laughter\}

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You just push a button,
and it's electrified.

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Which is exactly what you
don't want to have happen at

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a turkey pardon.

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(laughter)

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I thought that was
funny, Michelle.

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(laughter)

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Thankfully, both events have
gone off without a hitch.

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Along with celebrations like
these, the holidays also

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offer us a time for
reflection and perspective.

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And over these next few
weeks, as we celebrate the

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birth of our Savior, as we
retell the story of weary

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travelers, a star,
shepherds, magi, I hope that

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we also focus ourselves on
the message that this child

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brought to this earth
some 2000 years ago.

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A message that says we have
to be our brothers' keepers,

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our sisters' keepers.

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That we have to reach
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To forgive each other.

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To let the light of our
good deeds shine for all.

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To care for the sick and the
hungry, and the downtrodden.

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And, of course, to love one
another -- even our enemies.

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And treat one another the
way we would want to be

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treated ourselves.

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It's a message that grounds
not just my family's

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Christian faith, but that
of Jewish Americans, Muslim

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Americans, non-believers,
Americans of all backgrounds.

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It's a message of unity and
a message of decency, and a

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message of hope that
never goes out of style.

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It's one that we all
need very much today.

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After eight years as your
President, I still believe --

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(applause)

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-- that there's so much more
that unites us than divides us.

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I've seen it in parents
from every corner in this

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country, just trying to give
their kids a better shot.

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I've seen it in communities
that come together and find

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common ground, even in
times of trial and times

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of tragedy.

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We see it in immigrants and
refugees striving for the

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most American of ideals,
to better ourselves

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and families.

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We see it in our troops who
serve far from home during

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this holiday season.

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These outstanding men and
women who go into harm's way

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to protect the nation that
we love and the freedoms

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that we hold dear.

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The freedom to vote and
speak out, and practice our

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faiths as we choose.

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The freedom to chart our own
course as citizens and

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as a nation.

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That is the America that
I've seen as we come back

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from the depths of an
economic crisis to an

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economy on the move.

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As we've recovered from
wars and natural tragedies.

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What I've seen is a
big-hearted and hopeful, and

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resilient people who look
out for each other and who

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have each other's backs.

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And who find strength in our
differences, and who keep

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moving forward knowing that
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Those are our values, that
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will always be, and this is
the 94th time that Americans

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have gathered to light
out National Tree.

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It's the eighth and final
time for our family.

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Before we leave tonight, I
just want to express what an

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incredible honor it has
been to serve this nation.

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(applause)

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And to feel its warmth, and
to feel its generosity, and

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how our family has been
awed by America's goodness.

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And, most of all, it has
been so special to share

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these eight years
with all of you.

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So, on behalf of Michelle
and Malia and Sasha,

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grandma, Bo, and Sunny,
Merry Christmas, everybody.

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Happy Holidays, may God
bless you all, and may God

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bless these United
States of America.

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(applause)

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The President: Hey, Santa.

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It's Santa, everybody.

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Give Santa a big
round of applause.

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Can everybody please give
one more big round of

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applause for this amazing
collection of talent.

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(applause)

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The President: Santa, do you
think we got one more song

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in us?

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Santa Claus: I think we can
do that, Mr. President.

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The President: Band,
what do you think?

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We got it?

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What sounds good?

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Jingle Bells?

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What do you
think, everybody?

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You guys know the words?

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Garth, you better
lead us on this, man.

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Santa Claus: What key?

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(music playing)

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Multiple Speakers: Jingle
bells, jingle bells, jingle

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all the way.

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Oh, what fun it is to ride
in one-horse open sleigh, hey.

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Jingle bells, jingle
bells, jingle all the way.

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Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh, hey.

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Dashing through the snow,
in a one-horse open sleigh.

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O'er the fields, we go
laughing heartily, ho, ho, ho.

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Bells on bob tail ring,
making spirits bright.

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Oh, what fun it is to laugh
and sing a sleighing song

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tonight Oh, jingle bells,
jingle bells, jingle

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all the way.

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Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh, hey.

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Jingle bells, jingle
bells, jingle all the way.

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Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh.

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(music playing)

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The President: Hey,
thank you everybody.

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Merry Christmas.

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God, bless you,
God, bless America.

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Thank you, guys.