White House staff surprises Obama with holiday-themed prank

President Barack Obama may be busy wrapping up his final days in office, but that doesn't mean he can't make time to appreciate a good joke from his staff.

Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza posted all of the shenanigans on his Instagram account Friday.

Apparently, some of the staff members wanted to get more out of the Rose Garden snowmen than just a cute holiday decoration.

At first, the sneaky staff members wanted to move the snowmen away from the garden and a few feet closer to the President's window in the Oval Office to see when he would notice. But after attempting the feat, they realized Jack Frost was too heavy.

So, Friday a group of them - who weren't named in the post - moved and faced all four snowmen towards the Oval Office windows.

While the President was signing his end-of-year bills, he didn't even notice 'carrot nose' peaking at his papers.

Sometimes you gotta have fun. For the past three weeks, there have been four snowmen on display in the Rose Garden (see photo in earlier post). We've been joking that we should move the snowmen a few feet closer to the Oval Office every day to see if anyone noticed. Then we realized the snowmen were too heavy to easily lift. But finally this morning before the President came to the office, some helpful staff--I won't say who--moved all the snowmen so each one was peeking through a different window into the Oval. This photo was taken this afternoon as the President signed end-of-the-year bills.

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After a while, he did catch on, and it seems from this picture he appreciated the joke!

Another snowman from yesterday. Yes he enjoyed the prank. See previous post for the backstory.

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All in good holiday fun, right?