President Barack Obama laughs with his daughter Malia as they eat shave ice in front of Island Snow Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, during the first family’s annual vacation. Obama is emphasizing the principles enshrined in the Kwanzaa holiday: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.

KAILUA, Hawaii-President Barack Obama kicked off his last holiday vacation in his boyhood home as commander in chief last weekend, eliciting mixed emotions in this idyllic corner of Oahu that transforms into a semi-militarized zone during his family’s annual stay.