-Do you remember what your favorite Christmas gift was
as a child?
-Oh... it was a dollhouse.
And it was a metal dollhouse with plastic furniture.
But it was - you know, and I remember I didn't really know how to
set up a house, so I had all of the furniture lined
up along the walls as opposed to nestled around
the fireplace, but I loved that little dollhouse.
-Well now you get some practice here.
-Right. [Laughter]
-Goodness gracious, dollhouse. I thought you were
gonna say-- I asked this question with some friends.
And they all said Easy-Bake Oven. Did you have an-?
-Oh I did have an Easy-Bake Oven. But you know,
once you run out of the mix... -[Laughter]
-It's like, you're done with it.
-Yeah, you're done with that gift.
-You couldn't get more mix?
-It doesn't come with more mix.
-But could you order more mix?
-Nowadays it's easy, but you know, then.
-Yeah now, you can go online and get more mix, but
-When you, when we were little, what you got, that's
what you got. When it's over, it's over
[Laughter]
Your favorite gift as a child?
Well, I got a bike one year, and I think,
you know, getting that first big kid,
10-speed bike, that's always--
Special.
That's always special.
You always remember that one.
And, you know, I do remember the one time I met my father.
He was visiting during Christmas,
and he gave me a basketball.
And the degree to which I came to love basketball,
it wasn't until much later in life,
where I realized, actually, he gave me that basketball, which
meant-- you know-- I mean, I think there was some cause
and effect there, in terms of the degree to which I
just ended up taking the sport.
As a kid who didn't know his dad.
Is there a greater pressure to give a good gift when you're
the president, or can you get away with a lesser gift
if you're the president?
Sorry.
Busy.
Sorry, busy.
You know--
What are you going to get me?
I've been giving some good gifts.
You get some nice stuff.
But here's the general rule-- I give nicer stuff than I get.
-Really? -No way.
Absolutely.
I gave you good gifts last year.
Aw, come on.
Please.
You know, it's like Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Yes.
You know, you can--
We're talking about Christmas.
Don't become distracted.
But that principle applies, generally.
So you're a good gift giver?
Where'd you get this nice little--
This was a gift.
-Was this anniversary? -Anniversary.
Anniversary.
Nice.
Now, see what I'm wearing--
See, I was going to say, that looks bigger than Christmas.
What am I wearing that I got from--
No.
I was thinking, that looks bigger than Christmas.
That looks like something-- that looks like anniversary.
-That was anniversary. -That's all I'm saying.
That's all you're saying.
You do give nice gifts.
Good job.