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Is Christmas Eve a federal holiday this year? All you need to know

Fox News host Jesse Watters shrugs off Trump’s White House plaques mocking Biden and Obama: ‘It’s his own house’
  • Donald Trump signed an executive order granting federal workers additional days off on Christmas Eve and December 26.
  • This order will lead to federal agencies closing and employees being excused from work this year, creating a three-day break inclusive of Christmas Day.
  • The decision follows Trump's earlier criticism of Juneteenth, a federal holiday, where he stated there were "too many non-working holidays" costing the country billions.
  • With these additions, the US will have 13 federal holidays this year; Trump previously designated Christmas Eve as a holiday in 2019 and 2020.
  • Separately, the National Park Service announced free admission on Trump's birthday and other federal holidays in 2026, but excluded Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.
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