Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas it should be for a minimum amount of time the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized and it be seen as a working vacation.
The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably...
Windows are as essential to office prestige as Christmas is to retailing.
I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.