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The first family may be vacationing in Hawaii this season, but even the distance didn’t prevent Sasha and Malia Obama (10 and 13, respectively) from — potentially — sneaking an early peek at their Christmas gifts.
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A group of pool reporters followed President Obama on Wednesday as he played Santa, shopping for gifts at a Best Buy in Alexandria, Va. Reports were then published via the New York Daily News D.C. bureau and the Associated Press, claiming that the POTUS had purchased a Just Dance game for Wii, Sims 3: Pets, and a pair of $50 iTunes gift cards. Here’s hoping the girls are busy enjoying the beach, rather than reading up on Internet reports.
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Always with a sense of humor, Obama joked with reporters that, “The girls beat me every time on these dance games.”
“But you’ll never get a picture of me [playing] because I get graded F every time,” he added.
Whipping out his plastic to pay the $194.48 bill, Obama teased, “Let’s see if my credit still works.” Of course, it did.
Earlier that day, Bo — the first dog — embarked on a trip to PetSmart with the Obama, where he “appeared to be sizing up” a fellow poodle. The K9 walked away with two items, including one large dog bone.
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