Obamas Break Their Own "Steadfast" Rule By Giving Their Children Christmas Presents

Last summer we reported about a magazine interview of Barack and Michelle Obama in which they stated that it was a "steadfast" rule of theirs not to give Christmas presents to their children.

In a magazine interview Obama and his wife Michelle revealed that one of their steadfast house rules is not giving Christmas or birthday presents to Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.

The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.

Yet yesterday there was this curious excerpt from the Los Angeles Times:

Obama and his family planned to spend their Christmas holiday mostly out of sight, an accomplishment given the high-profile nature of his two-year marathon to win the presidency.

Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters opened presents earlier Thursday and planned their own dinner of turkey and ham, aides said.

Ok. So one of two things is going on here. Either the Obamas are breaking a "steadfast" rule of not giving Christmas parents to their children, or Obama's aides and/or the Los Angeles Times has no idea what the Obamas did for Christmas and simply made up a nice story to sell to the public. Neither scenario seems all that great. On one hand you have the Obamas once again showing a complete lack of consistency or principle, and on the other hand you have the media, once again, pandering to the Obama fantasy and completely failing to do their job.