--- description: The President and First Lady wish the country a Merry Christmas in their last Christmas address from the White House. Watch the video title: Watch the Obamas' Last Christmas Address From the White House 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 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch President Obama and Michelle Obama's Last Christmas Address From the White House by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2016 3:21 PM CUT  Whitehouse.gov by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 24, 2016 3:21 PM CUT [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4606711/president-obama-democrats-coach/ "undefined") and [First Lady Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4607672/michelle-obama-presidential-election-painful/ "undefined") delivered their final [Christmastime ](http://time.com/4617412/barack-obama-singing-dubbed-mariah-carey/ "undefined")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"}}]}] ```