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>> where is our eggnog? it is not here yet, miss peggy. >> once we get the tree delivered on the day after thanksgiving, that sort of signifies the kickoff of the holiday season. >> folks they will stroll in. even though there is a concentration of events, it's really such an invigorating time for me and my team. >> 26,000 cookies we make. and bo and sunny are the highest demand on the whole buffet. >> you know, we just absolutely love the holidays here at the white house. >> in the early summer of 2011, i met a young lady who had just started working act the white house. we talked about what ...

I met a young lady who had just started working act the white house. we talked about what i did as a general manager of the ritz hotels. she said, oh, they're looking for a chief usher. so you might be interested two weeks later i sat in office at work and thought i'm going to google the white house and give them a call. that's what i did. >> please help me take things out. thank you i appreciate it. >> staff and residents are not political, part of long-standing institution. a lot of them have had experiences for working for upwards of seven administrations. >> this is bush father 1991, then ...

Pick out china. even a dance as well choreographed as this one isn't perfect. in 1993 he lost his voice and had to write directions on a notepad. when bill clinton arrived he welcomed him with a whisper. that same year mrs. clinton's inaugural ball gown disappeared during the move. >> there was a frightful time about 15 minutes until we located the dress. >> reporter: on inauguration day 1989, bush 41's granddaughters surprised the white house staff by showing up 2 1/2 hours early in the middle of the move. this year if all goes smoothly the trumps this never know of the chaos that preceded th...

Controlled chaos. >> it is and to think about it, that this particular inauguration, the parade is almost an hour and a half or two hours shorter -- >> means less time for them. >> less time for them. >> amazing that everything from the obamas has to be out and everything from the -- does the trump family send stuff that they -- they already have earmarked what they want in various rooms? >> typically that is what happens is after that first meeting where, you know, we saw mrs. obama greeted mrs. trump, the chief usher would begin to have a conversation with people on mrs. trump's team to star...

>> a choreograph, like a ballet. >> reporter: the chief usher has a swat team of about 90 staffers but every second counts. by the time donald and melania trump return from the inaugural parade, the white house has to feel like home. >> their clothes are in their choz ets, their personal effects are in the bathroom, their favorite foods are in the kitchen, we break the staff down almost minute to minute on their activities. >> reporter: florists, art curators, carpenters pitch in. with only three small elevators in the white house residence getting one president out and the next in, walls need...