What It Takes to Transform the White House for the Holidays
Briefly

On the day after Thanksgiving, while the Bidens were still in Nantucket, the teams descended upon the White House, working through the weekend to festoon the halls with hand-pinned gumdrops, shape chicken wire into bough-covered arches, install crystal-studded nutcrackers on mantels, and hang a papier-mache set of reindeer.
When planning began this spring, Dr. Biden told her team that she wanted visitors to experience the decor through the eyes of a child. Children are unbound by time and inherently know beauty, she said this week as she unveiled the decorations.
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