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...have electricity. The compound where the Obamas are residing in an $11 million home was reported to have a power generator. But the rest of the island, including the state capital Honolulu, was plunged into darkness and confusion for nearly twelve hours. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...Christmas jingle, Kitt's voice has both the sexual authority that might reduce a plutocrat to Jell-O and the little-girl smile that let her listeners in on the fun. "Santa baby, just slip a sable under the tree / For me. / Been an awful good girl, Santa baby, / So hurry down the chimney tonight. ... Come and trim my Christmas tree / With some decorations bought at Tiffany. / I really do believe in you. / Let's see if you believe in me. ... Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex/ And checks. / Sign your X on the line, Santa cutie...
...Instead she toured the world, including South Africa, where her appearances under the apartheid regime stoked resentment from American blacks and their supporters. (In the late '70s she was welcomed back by President Jimmy Carter and, in 2006, helped President and Laura Bush light the National Christmas Tree...
...that sounds like the triumph of culture over religion, it is. By the middle of the 20th century, Americans had embraced a civil religion that among other things elevated the ideal of family to a sacrosanct level. The Norman Rockwell image of family gathered around the tree became a Christmas icon that rivaled the baby Jesus. And Christmas Eve services - with their pageantry and familiar traditions - became just one part of the celebration, after the family dinner and before the opening of presents...
...afternoon after a private service at a church in the Honolulu neighborhood of Nuuanu. Dunham died Nov. 2 at the age of 86, two days before her grandson's victory in the general election. (Obama visited her the week before she passed away. See pictures of Obama's family tree...