at the door, the doorman was a retired matrade, and had been, when linda brought her up to the south porti coand mr. german fell into her arms. it was fun to get to see the white house with her and she was still, you know, really good at letting me know which parts she liked a lot and which she did not. there's a portrait in the white house by thomas ackins of a little girl named ruth who looks sort of unhappy and supposedly lady bird was giving a tour of the white house and she said i love the portrait of this unhappy little girl and a man in the group said, she grew up to be my happy wife. >> i think that is a true story. >> i don't know i asked her about it. >> couple things before we open this to questions to the audience, i assume christmas is a magical time. >> unbelievable. you know, the same floorists came back every year and it was like trying get into the most exclusive club in america. and they came for two weeks? >> or a week, a full week as least. these are volunteer florists that come and decorate the white house. >> they go the wreaths, i know we got there in january,