Trump spreads holiday cheer to millions of U.S. workers with two new federal holidays around Christmas | 18 Dec 2025 | President Donald Trump has delivered a Christmas gift to federal employees with an additional two federal holidays. Trump announced on Thursday he had signed an order ensuring federal employees would get both Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas off from work. “All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day before and the day following Christmas Day, respectively,” the order stated.