♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE BIDENS.
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: I HAVE TO ASK, IN A NORMAL CHRISTMAS YEAR, WHAT
ARE THE BIDEN FAMILY CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS?
BECAUSE IN MY FAMILY, THE NUMBER ONE TRADITION IS PROBABLY TO
FIGHT OVER THE CHRISTMAS TREE ABOUT WHICH WAY THE LIGHTS GO
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OR THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP, AND IT'S
OBVIOUSLY TOP TO THE BOTTOM AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS MADNESS.
>> HE'S CRAZY ABOUT HIS CHRISTMAS TREE BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, THE BIDENS HAVE A TRADITION WHERE THEY MIX IVORY
SNOW WITH WATER.
HE USES MY HAND MIXER.
>> Stephen: IVORY SNOW LIKE THE --
>> THE DETERGENT.
>> Stephen: THE POWDER DETERGENT.
>> YES, BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SNOW.
MY DAD USED TO DO IT.
IN THE BIDEN TRADITION, MY GRANDFATHER.
AND I SWEAR TO GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW IS FALLING ON THE
TREE.
>> I FIGHT IT EVERY YEAR.
AND THE TINSEL, HE'S TO PARTICULARLY.
>> ONE STRAND AT A TIME, YOU CAN'T THROW IT ON THERE.
>> Stephen: CAN'T THROW IT ON THERE.
>> NO, NO, NO!
MY DAD, LOOK -- >> Stephen: YOU TAKE IT OFF AT
THE END OF THE YEAR, IRON IT AND PUT IT IN THE BOX?
>> NO, WE GET RID OF IT BUT YOU CAN'T THROW IT ON.
>> Stephen: THE FAVORITE THING FOR THE CHILDREN TO DO IS THROW
GIANT -- WE THREW CLUMPS AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
>> NO, WE HAVE ELFDOM, JUNIOR ELFS.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON ONE STRAND AT A TIME.
I GET TO BED AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE SANTA CLAUS PUTS
THE SNOW ON.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN THERE.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GROWN CHILDREN AND WE HAVE A
TRADITION.
>> Stephen: AND YOU MEET SANTA WHEN HE DOES IT?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE TRADITION IS BASED ON YOUNGEST TO OLDEST INCLUDING THE
GROWN CHILDREN, YOU COME DOWN THE STAIRS --
>> Stephen: NO OTHER WAY, YOUNGEST TO OLDEST.
>> YOU GOT IT.
THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
WE HAVE 26 PEOPLE FOR DINNER EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE FOR THE LAST
20 YEARS, OUR FAMILY, AND THEN WE HAVE -- THIS YEAR IT'S GOING
TO BE JILL AND ME AND MAYBE OUR DAUGHTER AND OUR SON-IN-LAW.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU ARE FIRST LADY YOU GET TO MAKE THE CALLS
ON THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS SO YOU CAN BAN IVORY SNOW ON THE
TREES FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
I'M NOT DOING ALL THOSE TREES.
I JUST DO SANTA'S TREE, JUST THE ONE.
A 16'TREE IN OUR HALLWAY.
WE HAVE TWO TREES.
>> Stephen: YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF TREES NEXT YEAR, SIR.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: ABOUT NEXT YEAR -- YEAH.
>> Stephen: -- DO YOU THINK THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHEN YOU'RE
BOTH IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WE WILL HAVE WHAT YOU COULD CALL A
NORMAL CHRISTMAS?
WILL THE COUNTRY BE BACK TO NORMAL?
>> I BELIEVE WE'LL BE AWFULLY CLOSE TO THAT IF NOT THERE.
I DO.
THE COMBINATION, IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS, I'M GOING TO ASK
EVERYBODY TO WEAR A MASK FOR 100 DAYS AND WHERE I CAN DICTATE
THAT ON FEDERAL PROPERTY, I HAVE BEEN ON FOR 45 GOVERNORS ASKING
THEM TO THINK ABOUT IT, JUST 100 DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 100 MILLION VACCINATIONS OUT
THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN OPEN
SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO, AND I THINK WE CAN
REALLY -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUICK, BUT I THINK, BY NEXT
CHRISTMAS, WE WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: WELL, PRESIDENT-ELECT, MADAM SOON TO
BE FIRST LADY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SIT DOWN
WITH ME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: IT'S MY HONOR, AND I'LL SEE YOU SOMETIME NEXT YEAR
I HOPE.
>> I HOPE, SO TOO.
THANKS.
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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