Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Campaign Unveils New Holiday Ad

Des Moines, IA--This Friday, the Obama campaign will begin airing a new Holiday television ad in Iowa

to mark the holiday season. The ad features Barack and Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha, age

6, and Malia, age 9, gathered by a Christmas tree thanking Iowa families for the hospitality and

stories they have shared with the Obamas during this campaign and wishing Iowa families a merry

Christmas and happy holidays.

Senator Obama is scheduled to campaign in Iowa on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday before taking time

off the campaign trail to be with his family in Iowa over Christmas. He will resume campaigning on

the morning of December 26 and will continue until the night of the caucuses on January 3.

You can view the new television ad HERE.

The full text of the Holiday Ad appears below:

Michelle Obama: We would like to take a moment to thank you and your family for the warmth and

friendship that you have shown ours; for sharing your hospitality and your stories.

Barack Obama: In this holiday season we are reminded that the things that unite us as a people are

more powerful and enduring than anything that sets us apart. And we all have a stake in each other,

in something larger than ourselves.

So from my family to yours, I am Barack Obama and I approve this message.

Malia Obama: Merry Christmas

Sasha Obama: Happy Holidays