A Dec. 18 executive order signed by President Donald Trump declared Christmas Eve and Dec. 26—the first day of Kwanzaa—as federal holidays, gifting affected federal employees a five-day holiday break, Fox News reported.
The order is the first time in years that federal employees have received an extra two days off around the holidays. It’s common practice for presidents to gift the day before or the day after Christmas, but not both.
In 2024, former President Joe Biden gave federal employees Christmas Eve off, while President Barack Obama only gave Friday, Dec. 26, off, leaving Wednesday as a regular workday, when Christmas fell on a Thursday in 2014. Read more at blackenterprise.com.
