Malia & Sasha Obama Save "Courage" The Turkey

This year’s presidential turkey is one lucky bird! Upon the request of his daughters Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, President Barack Obama granted a pardon yesterday to a turkey named Courage who was sent to the White House by the National Turkey Federation for Thanksgiving.

"I was planning to eat this sucker," the President joked, adding, "Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha, Courage will be spared this terrible – and delicious – fate.”

The President and his daughters, along with First Lady Michelle Obama, later brought two "less fortunate" birds to Martha's Table, a Washington, DC organization that helps those in need.

The presidential turkey pardon has become something of an annual tradition in recent decades. This year’s bird is headed to Disneyland, where he will be the grand marshal of today’s Thanksgiving parade.

We at Celebrity Baby Scoop hope you all have a very happy Thanksgiving!