--- title: Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's Christmas Address: Watch description: The President and First Lady wish the country a Merry Christmas in their last Christmas address from the White House. Watch the video canonical: https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-24T15:21:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:27:47.297Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Obamas' Last Christmas Address From the White House og:description: "We wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2017" og:url: https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e05ebda8c7cdbdb/6988b3e9524fc07255dfa942/obama-last-christmas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: obama-last-christmas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Obamas' Last Christmas Address From the White House twitter:description: "We wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2017" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e05ebda8c7cdbdb/6988b3e9524fc07255dfa942/obama-last-christmas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch President Obama and Michelle Obama's Last Christmas Address From the White House by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 24, 2016 3:21 PM UTC  Whitehouse.gov by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 24, 2016 3:21 PM UTC [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4606711/president-obama-democrats-coach/) and [First Lady Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4607672/michelle-obama-presidential-election-painful/) delivered their final [Christmastime ](http://time.com/4617412/barack-obama-singing-dubbed-mariah-carey/)weekly address on Saturday, wishing families across the U.S. a joyous holiday. The Obamas are continuing their annual tradition of spending Christmas in Hawaii, where they will remain until after New Year’s. In their weekly address, the President and First Lady look back at their first joint holiday address, which appeared to tickle the commander-in-chief. The Obamas also thanked U.S. troops for their service and urged people to find ways to support them during the holidays. Read the entire address below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama and Michelle Obama's Last Christmas Address From the White House","datePublished":"2016-12-24T15:21:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:27:47.297Z","description":"The President and First Lady wish everyone a Merry Christmas","url":"https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","christmas","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e05ebda8c7cdbdb/6988b3e9524fc07255dfa942/obama-last-christmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e05ebda8c7cdbdb/6988b3e9524fc07255dfa942/obama-last-christmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"obama-last-christmas","caption":"","creditText":"Whitehouse.gov","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4617678/president-obama-michelle-christmas-address/","name":"Watch President Obama and Michelle Obama's Last Christmas Address From the White House"}}]}] ```