our family comes to us. we have a tree of our own on the second floor of the white house that we always decorate ourselves and it takes a couple of days because you have to stop and look at every ornament and remember where it came from. that takes a while. then our family starts coming in. and we ve got these two little nephews who are fab fab lus and getting smarter and brighter every year, and we just hang out, you know? we eat too much, hopefully sleech a little more to catch up on the year s deficit, and just have a good time together. every first family brings its own rhythm and traditions to the white house. eisenhower granddaughter susan eisenhower. how important was christmas to your grandparents? christmas was extraordinarily important to my grandparent on a range of levels. first of all, they lost their first son dowd dwight at the age of 3 over the christmas season, and he was taken to the