Obama arrives in Hawaii for annual Christmas vacation First lady Michelle Obama is greeted on arrival as U.S. President Barack Obama and daughters Malia (L) and Sasha look on, after arrival on Air Force One at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Dec. 22, 2012. UPI/Cory Lum/Pool HONOLULU, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama and the first family landed early Saturday in Honolulu, where they will spend Christmas. Air Force One touched down at Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at 12:06 a.m., the White House reported. The president quickly deplaned and headed to his vacation home in Kailua, a small town on the east end of Oahu island. The president left Washington for Hono­lulu Friday evening, a few hours after delivering remarks at the White House in which he encouraged Congress "to work toward [a debt and deficit] package that prevents a tax hike on middle-class Americans." "Once this legislation is agreed to, I expect Demo­crats and Republicans to get back to Washington and have it pass both chambers," he said. And I will immediately sign that legislation into law, before Jan. 1 of next year. It's that simple. The White House said the president and first lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service Sunday for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Otherwise, the president has no public events scheduled.