WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 30: First lady Michelle Obama (R) delivers remarks during the first viewing of the 2011 White House Christmas decorations with Gold Star Mother Jennifer Jackman, whose son Ryan Jackman was killed on active duty with the U.S. Marines in 2007, in the East Room November 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. The decorations’ theme, “Shine Give, Share,” runs throught the White House with a 400-pound White House Gingerbread House and 37 Christmas trees, including the official 18-foot 6-inch balsam fir tree in the Blue Room that honors Blue Star military families. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)