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Introducing himself as the "big elf," President Barack聽Obama聽on Wednesday exclaimed "Ho, Ho, Ho" and made merry as he delivered a pair of giant red sacks filled with聽toys聽and other gifts to the聽Marine聽Corps' annual聽Toys聽for Tots campaign.

First lady Michelle聽Obama聽has been the traditional bearer of the gifts, which have been donated annually by White House staffers. But this time she decided to bring a pair of extra hands to the Washington military base where the unwrapped聽toys聽are collected. They brought about 1,000 items.

"I'm the big elf,"聽Obama聽said as he introduced himself. He thanked the聽Marine聽Corps for starting the annual聽toy聽drive in the 1940s. Since then, the聽Toys聽for Tots campaign has distributed more than 469 million聽toys聽to more than 216 million less fortunate children,聽Obama聽said.

"That's a lot of dollhouses, that's a lot of Ninja Turtles," he said.

Before the聽Obamas聽got to work sorting the聽toys聽into boxes according to age and whether a particular item was for a boy or a girl, Mrs.聽Obama聽joked that the president might have a hard time sorting the gifts, saying he doesn't do much shopping.

"We'll watch him closely to see if he can figure out which ones are girls, zero to two, or unisex," she said.

Obama聽said he was "positive" that the "Call of Duty" video game was perfect for girls, zero to two. "Isn't that right?" he asked Mrs.Obama.

The joke was lost on the first lady, who confessed: "I wasn't listening."