How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your experience as chief usher, do you have to conduct the volunteers as well . I was very fortunate to have a young woman to work for me for a number of years. Her name was nancy clark and she was both right brain and left
Robb, daughter of president johnsonm and former white house chief usher gary walter. The white house archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Wow, we have a packed house. Thank you for coming, everyone. How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your exper
Up next on American History tv, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion on White House Holidays and traditions from the kennedy to the obama administrations. We will hear from Lyndon Johnson robb daughter of president johnson and former white house chief usher gary walter. This white house archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Wow we have a packed house. Thank you for coming, everyone. How fun is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . Adn thisnd this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending
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