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Bush family exchanges Christmas presents

President gives first lady earrings, receives biking shoes


Updated: 7:11 p.m. ET Dec 26, 2006
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush gave his wife citrine earrings for Christmas to match the triple-strand, amber-colored necklace he presented her last month for her birthday, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.

First lady Laura Bush gave her husband, who is an avid mountain biker, biking shoes, a blue suit and the new Sam Moore CD "Overnight Sensational," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.


Each year the Bush family draws names to give gifts to other members, and this year the first couple drew the president's parents, former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara.

They donated mosquito bed nets through malarianomore.org in the former president's name, Stanzel said.

Two quick observations-
Isn't it kinda tacky to give the First Lady of the US a semi-precious stone, let
alone one of the low-tier semi-precious ones? I mean, c'mon!!! Citrine?
Not enough time to pick out a nice emerald or some sparkley diamonds? And the
earrings to match the necklace he gave her last month? Isn't that like giving her
one shoe of a pair, then SUPRISE giving her the other?

Second, I thought people picked names to gift in large families mostly for time
and money contraints. Not enough staff in the Bush dynasty to toss off a nice
sofa throw to Jeb and his wife? No new Ipod (money green) to the twins? Sad.

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John Bridgeland is also President & CEO of Civic Enterprises. He was a Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he offered a class on Presidential Decision Making. Most recently, Mr. Bridgeland served as Assistant to the President of the United States and the first Director of the USA Freedom Corps. In that role, he coordinated more than $1 billion in domestic and international service initiatives and worked with non-profits, corporations and schools to foster a culture of service in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Prior to that, Bridgeland served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House. Bridgeland graduated with honors in government from Harvard University and received his J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law.