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Santa Claus won't leave the White House empty-handed when he drops by this year because President Barack Obama and his family plan to leave out milk and cookies and even some reindeer snacks.
In an interview with Spanish-language television station Univision Thursday, Obama said the White House was expecting Santa to come through the Yellow Room chimney in the middle of the presidential residence.
"So, that's where we are going to set the cookies and the milk," Obama told singer Gloria Estefan, who conducted the interview.
"We'll have a little reindeer snack out there," he added.
"Because we want to make sure when it comes to the White House that he feels like he is getting good service."
Obama is preparing to spend his first Christmas in the White House with his wife Michelle and their two daughters Sasha and Malia.
The US president made sure of his place on one Christmas gift list during the interview, telling Estefan that he feels "lucky" to have his mother-in-law Michelle Robinson living with the family in the White House.
"Well, I'm a very lucky man because I love my mother-in-law," he said.
"First of all, she helps us so much with the girls. I don't think Michelle and I could do what we're doing if it weren't for her support."
"And the other thing is, she always takes my side when Michelle and I are in an argument," he said.
