President Trump announced earlier today that he will officially make Christmas Eve a federal holiday.
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The executive order comes as a surprise to federal workers who usually work a half-day on Christmas Eve. The executive order reads, “All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Thursday, December 24, 2020, the day before Christmas Day.”
Years before his decision, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton would only give half days to federal employees if Christmas fell on a Friday as reported by the New York Post.
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Many Americans reacted to the news as a surprise since most of them are off of work on Christmas Eve.
Trump is legit saving Christmas https://t.co/S3N2rwGMYr
— Choicey (@0neMoreRound) December 11, 2020
We should push trump to give us some more based shit before he leaves. https://t.co/1jyqTrCDU9
— Pugmane 🐛🐾🥫 (@pugmane) December 11, 2020
THANK YOU @realDonaldTrump AND MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎁🎄✝️ https://t.co/nvP5EiXtIR
— Politically Stripped ™️ 🇺🇸🗽 (@politstrip) December 12, 2020
Trump is causing lazy socialists to complain about an extra day off of work now https://t.co/bdntyATpWF
— GoshuAAAA (@Skipper1913) December 11, 2020
Not exactly a hot take but Christmas Eve > Christmas Day. https://t.co/6OHoIr89hE
— Anthony Garrido (@ElJefeGarrido) December 11, 2020
So no more Christmas eve packages? @realDonaldTrump Love ya but ya screwed that one up for small businesses. https://t.co/GoVSvDZ9Gx
— Steve Miller (@BugKlr) December 12, 2020
my latinos make some noiseeeeeeeeeeee🗣 https://t.co/keIbvnteaC
— 🌚 (@joshieyamaguchi) December 11, 2020
Biden needs to make Election Day a federal holiday on day one. https://t.co/VulYQ7fB75
— Jeff (@jamfan40) December 11, 2020