Barack and Michelle Obama Spotted in Hawaii on Their Annual Christmas Vacation Stacey Leasca Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, aren’t letting the global pandemic get in the way of their winter vacation plans. Over the Christmas holiday, the duo escaped the chill of Washington, D.C., for the warm winds in Hawaii. According to the local television station Khon2, Obama, who was born in the Aloha State, was first spotted in early December at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua. “The Punahou graduate is a frequent visitor of Oahu during the winter holidays, which included visits while he was in the White House,” the station explained. “The country club is also one of his regular stops where he plays golf with his Punahou School buddy Bobby Titcomb.”