Federal holidays extended as Trump gives workers Christmas Eve, Dec 26 off

President Donald Trump is giving most federal staff two further days off on Christmas, in keeping with an govt order signed Thursday afternoon.

Federal staff affected by the order will have the ability to keep house on each December 24 and 26. For a lot of, this primarily offers a five-day vacation, together with Christmas Day and the weekend.

“All govt departments and companies of the federal authorities shall be closed and their staff shall be excused from obligation on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day earlier than and the day after Christmas Day, respectively,” the order stated.

That is the primary time in recent times that federal staff have been given two extra days off across the vacation. Whereas it’s common for presidents to award the day earlier than or the day after Christmas, it’s much less frequent for each days to be awarded.

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President Donald Trump and first girl Melania Trump stroll via the White Home in Washington, DC, USA, December 5, 2025. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Regardless of the extra break day for many staff, the manager order stated company heads retain the authority to find out whether or not sure workplaces ought to stay open for causes of “nationwide safety, protection, or different urgent public wants.”

The chief order specifies that today are to be handled the identical as federal holidays for functions of wage and depart laws.

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The Director of the Workplace of Personnel Administration (OPM) is chargeable for taking the mandatory steps to implement the order all through the Federal workforce.

Final 12 months, former President Joe Biden gave federal staff Christmas Eve off.

Many federal staff bought two further days off round Christmas. (iStock)

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Throughout Trump’s first time period, he gave federal staff an additional break day for Christmas Eve in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

When Christmas final fell on a Thursday in 2014, former President Barack Obama solely had Friday, December 26, off, making Wednesday a daily workday.