Nice find!!!
During the recession Obama and Mike throw a secretive party.
Obama in Wonderland: White House Throws Secret Alice in Wonderland Party
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084800/Inside-Obamas-secret-Alice-In-Wonderland-themed-Halloween-party-White-House.html
"The New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor who exposed the party in her new book, The Obamas, maintained that the reason why it was kept so quiet at the time was because the administration was aware that it would be in poor form for them to host an extravagant party when so many were suffering financially."