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    First ladies in charge of decorating

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Let's go live to the White House where that Paul's -- objective just in time for Christmas.

This year Michelle Obama's decorating with the theme of joy to all.

-- also for Christmas trees honoring the past first ladies and how they spend their time at the White House but how it goes into creating a White House Christmas can you imagine.

-- joining us is a woman who would know she was part of a 2008 decorating team -- Laura Bush and is author of Christmas with the first ladies this is an amazing beautiful picture -- -- -- -- Good morning to morning thanks for having I loved paging through it because it brings you back sort of in time.

But each First Lady really wanted to create their own identity.

They all have their own signature style and their own message that they wanted to send to the American public -- Chris -- And they share mrs.

Obama is to -- -- -- And what she always does -- it's always remembers our servicemen and women serving in our armed forces.

And there's a beautiful Christmas tree that I saw come in on on a horse drawn and wagon tiny little saying they have they have 54.

Christmas trees I have heard in the White House -- time in hats off to you they actually the decorators actually used your book.

To help figure out how to do well they did a tribute to the First Lady is and they they pulled on a lot of source materiel.

And you know I -- every First Lady and her style but they've all been really just amazing throughout the year -- and the decorations are awesome for example let's go back with -- Jackie Kennedy wouldn't she go for.

Well this skinny was the first time -- -- -- all these people over for the holidays let's get organized and she went for the nutcracker.

It's a tiny ornaments which is really different than every other First Lady who's -- eight.

Okay what about Betty Ford.

Ford missed this for at -- I have an -- have a thrifty how today.

And she wanted to have calico fabric everywhere.

And it backfired on her she ended up spending more money than any other firstly in Ireland spent 16100 dollars that press was.

Really tough on higher which is kind of funny when we look at how much we spend today.

All right let's get in the way back machine I remember.

During the Reagan term Nancy Reagan at and is a Christmas tree in one of those oval rooms here India.

In the White House it's he's ahead mrs.

Reagan used to have celebrity secret -- it's.

She sure did and nobody knew who they were going to be the issue is all about glitz and glamour and this is the White House really wanted to see -- -- -- And she even had Mr.

T come to the White House and even missed Larry Hagman who just passed away with the celebrities and -- Mr.

T and areas pitiful all the White House and finally have Laura Bush because -- -- instrumental in helping so thankful to mrs.

bush she invited me to be part of the decorating team and how about.

L again -- and -- understated also very patriotic -- red white and blue Christmas.

She also worked on -- there's so she incorporated folks in stories into the White House and alienated and chanting for children.

Got -- -- wanted to check out this beautiful book it's Christmas with the first.

Ladies it's in beautiful -- stories that beautiful pictures as well think they had -- interest to have any Merry Christmas cards are.

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