nancy and ronald reagan happily welcomed members of the press to holiday parties during all eight years they were in the white house i was at all of them, and i remember how they patiently stood in front of the christmas tree in the blue room to greet and be photographed with every guest they believed the white house belonged to everyone they did not view reporters as enemies in fact, they genuinely liked many in the white house press corps, some of whom had covered them since the governor days in california nancy and ronald reagan happily welcomed members of the press to holiday parties during all eight years they were in the white house

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