All executive departments and agencies of the federal government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on tuesday december 24 2019 the day before christmas day it was a. But the current calendars for 2019 and 2020 show that only christmas day is a federal holiday. W6 Ytyxfkb2lim President donald trump passed an executive order on tuesday giving federal workers christmas eve off with pay for the second year in a row. Christmas eve federal holiday 2019 . President donald trump gave an executive order on december 17 to close all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on tuesday december 24 2019 according to the white house. Washington president donald trump is giving most federal employees a holiday gift. As often happens about this time of year readers are asking. Trump issued an executive order tuesday night that said all executive departments and agencies of the. President trump is giving...