Posted on 01/03/2014 6:54:19 AM PST by Hoodat
WASHINGTON A Christmas gift from the Obama family to a close friend in Chicago's south suburbs missed its mark by about 65 miles this week, but the unintended recipient said she turned it over to a U.S. postal official Thursday and it was delivered to the rightful owner.
Eleanor Kaye Wilson of Olympia Fields, the godmother to Malia and Sasha Obama who is known to the family as Mama Kaye, told the Tribune that she was supposed to get the gift, a book of Obama family photos, but there was a mix-up. The gift was delivered instead to Alane Eklund Church, who lives in north suburban Wadsworth.
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Well, Ms. Church gets her five minutes of fame.
Man, if I had got it. I would have video taped it. Burnt it, and put it online. Missed opportunity here.
Obama family photos.I bet it’s a riot to look at.
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