Obamas leave for Hawaiian holiday

[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/12/20/art.hawaii.gi.jpg caption="The Obamas (above: daughters Malia and Sasha) are headed back to Hawaii."] (CNN) - President-elect Barack Obama and his family headed to Hawaii by charter flight Saturday for a two-week Christmas vacation.

The Obamas will spend the holidays with Chicago friends who will join them in the president-elect’s birth state - where the daytime high temperature is running between 40 and 50 degrees above the Windy City's.