sat . Barack and Michelle Obama Share Family Photo with Daughters Malia and Sasha to Mark Thanksgiving
The Obamas shared a message about giving back alongside their family snapshot
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Published on November 27, 2025 03:49PM EST
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- Barack and Michelle Obama shared a family photo to mark Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 27
- The pair posed with their two daughters — Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24
- The Obamas shared a message about giving back alongside their family snapshot
The Obamas are marking Thanksgiving with a family photo.
Barack Obama shared a joint Instagram post with wife Michelle Obama on Thursday, Nov. 27.
In it, the former president, 64, stood next to Michelle, 61, as their two daughters — Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24 — posed beside them.
“During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much,” Barack and Michelle wrote in the caption of their post.
The pair added, “From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!”
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On her Instagram Stories, Michelle reposted the family snapshot. “Happy Thanksgiving!” she wrote, adding a single red heart emoji.
The Obamas previously celebrated Thanksgiving in Washington, D.C., from 2009 to 2016, during Barack’s consecutive presidential terms.
For their final Thanksgiving at the White House, the Obamas revealed their official menu, which included pizza bites and six types of pies.
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The menu also featured mini BLTs, mini crab cakes, fresh veggies and hummus, plus chicken satay with peanut chili dip and pigs in a blanket as appetizers.
Entrées, meanwhile, consisted of honey-baked ham with apricot-mustard glaze, prime rib and creamed horseradish with shallot marmalade, fried chicken wings, a thyme-roasted turkey carving station with garlic jus and cranberry-orange relish.
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Last month, Michelle and Barack marked 33 years of marriage with respective social media posts.
“We’ve been on quite the journey over the last 33 years — and yet, I love you even more today than the day we said ‘I do,’ ” Michelle captioned her tribute, alongside a photo of herself and Barack smiling as they dressed up for a formal event.
“Happy anniversary, @BarackObama! I’m so lucky to go through life with you. ❤️,” she added.
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