Pres­i­dent Trump makes Christ­mas Eve a fed­er­al holiday

Pres­i­dent Trump on Fri­day signed an order giv­ing fed­er­al work­ers a paid day off work on Christ­mas Eve.

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump Pho­to REUTERS

The news was a wel­come sur­prise for work­ers who expect­ed at most a half day.

Trump’s order says, “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.”

For­mer Pres­i­dents Barack Oba­ma and Bill Clin­ton only gave half days when Christ­mas fell on a Fri­day, as it does this year.

Oba­ma allowed a half day in 2015 and 2009, Gov­Ex­ec report­ed. Clin­ton also allowed a half day in 1998.

Trump has been a big advo­cate of cel­e­brat­ing the hol­i­day proud­ly and main­tained before tak­ing office that polit­i­cal­ly cor­rect Democ­rats were wag­ing a “war on Christmas.”

“Let me begin by wish­ing you all a very Mer­ry Christ­mas. Remem­ber the word?” Trump told the crowd. “Remem­ber? We start­ed five years ago, and I said, ‘You’re gonna be say­ing ‘Christ­mas’ again.’ We say it proud­ly again. Although they’ll be try­ing to take that word again out of the vocabulary.”

Source: nypost​.com