--- title: Obamas Last White House Christmas Card PHOTO description: President Barack Obama and his family have sent out their final Christmas card out of the White House, and the image is making people sad. canonical: https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-09T23:31:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:23.306Z og:title: Obamas’ Last White House Christmas Card Is Making People Sad og:description: "Giving me all kinds of feelings about them leaving in a month" og:url: https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obamas’ Last White House Christmas Card Is Making People Sad twitter:description: "Giving me all kinds of feelings about them leaving in a month" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Getting Emotional About the Obamas’ Last White House Christmas Card > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 9, 2016 11:31 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 9, 2016 11:31 PM UTC [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4596708/president-obama-review-election-hacking/?xid=homepage) and his family have sent out their [final Christmas card](http://people.com/politics/malia-sasha-obama-family-christmas-card/) from the White House, and the image of the four Obamas has sent many social media users into an emotional tizzy. The holiday card features the President, First Lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, grinning and shining in a tuxedo and gowns—and it’s even signed by the family and their two dogs, Sunny and Bo. “The Obama Christmas card is giving me all kinds of feelings about them leaving in a month,” one Twitter user wrote. The photo was taken in March at a state dinner honoring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The card was mailed to their friends, supporters and members of the media, according to the [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-obamas-last-christmas-card-is-everything-we-couldve-hoped-for%5Fus%5F584b0250e4b0e05aded3d6ef). > [](https://twitter.com/erikaabdelatif/status/807330719366189056) > [](https://twitter.com/xojennflores/status/806901821235138561) > [](https://twitter.com/katiepoole912/status/807269472763604992) > [](https://twitter.com/asianiani/status/807329155515871233) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Getting Emotional About the Obamas’ Last White House Christmas Card","datePublished":"2016-12-09T23:31:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:23.306Z","description":"\"Obama should send their last Christmas card to the whole world\"","url":"https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4597181/obamas-christmas-card-white-house/","name":"The Internet Is Getting Emotional About the Obamas’ Last White House Christmas Card"}}]}] ```