President Barack Obama sings “Jingle Bells” with James Taylor and others during the lighting ceremony for the 2016 National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington. Taylor, on vacation in French Polynesia, posted a video online Friday bemoaning the end of the Obama era, saying, “Hi, it’s James on the last day of the Obama administration, and it feels like it’s raining all over the world.” BOSTON >> Half a world away from Washington, James Taylor is greeting fans with a video bemoaning the end of the Obama era.