WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a quiet Christmas together with his household on the White Home and spoke with service members stationed around the globe.
“They’re away from their households to guard us," Biden mentioned in a tweet. "And so they have the thanks of a grateful, indebted president.”
The White Home mentioned Biden and the primary woman, Jill, referred to as members of the Military stationed at Panama Metropolis, Panama; the Navy aboard the USS The Sullivans within the Arabian Sea; the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego; the Air Pressure at Okinawa, Japan; the Area Pressure in Europe; and the Coast Guard aboard the cutter Bertholf in Alameda, California.
That is Biden's second Christmas as president. On Saturday, Biden and his household joined a Mass on Christmas Eve on the White Home and continued their vacation custom of an Italian dinner.
The president and first woman on Friday additionally carried on one other custom with their second vacation go to to Youngsters's Nationwide Hospital. Biden was the primary sitting president to hitch his spouse after they visited hospitalized youngsters and their households earlier than Christmas final 12 months, in response to the White Home.
Surrounded by Christmas bushes and vacation decorations, the primary woman learn “The Snowy Day” with the president's assist holding up the guide.
Biden final week inspired nationwide unity in a recorded handle, calling out the nation's political divisions and saying he hoped “this vacation season will drain the poison that has contaminated our politics and set us towards each other.”
“So, this Christmas, let’s unfold a little bit kindness,” he mentioned.
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