Giving federal employees the day off on december 24th christmas eve. President trump has signed an order giving federal workers a paid day off for christmas eve. W6 Ytyxfkb2lim The news was a welcome surprise for workers who expected at most a half day. Christmas eve federal holiday . President trump on friday signed an order giving federal workers a paid day off work on christmas eve. With trumps executive order christmas eve will be a federal holiday this year. President donald trump passed an executive order on tuesday giving federal workers christmas eve off with pay for the second year in a row. Kevin reome 1101 am wed dec 16 2020. Although christmas day is a designated federal holiday there is no guarantee that federal workers will get extra time off for christmas eve. According to the new york post trumps order says all executive departments and agencies of the federal government shall be closed and their employees exc...