There is no guarantee that presidents will grant federal employees extra time off around Christmas, but many have done so in recent years.
Federal employees will get two additional days off next week, both on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday afternoon.
Federal employees already get Dec. 25 off for Christmas Day as a standard federal holiday.
Despite the additional days off for most, Trump’s executive order clarified that some agencies and offices may need to remain open, and that certain federal employees may still need to report for duty for “national security, defense, or other public need.”
There is no guarantee that presidents will grant federal employees extra time off around Christmas, but many have done so in recent years. President Joe Biden gave federal employees Christmas Eve off in 2024. And during Trump’s first term in office, he gave federal employees an extra day off for Christmas Eve in 2020, 2019 and 2018.
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This year is the first time in recent years that federal employees have received two days off around the holiday.
In 2014, former President Barack Obama gave federal employees the day off on Friday, Dec. 26.
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