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President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« on: December 12, 2020, 03:14:08 pm »
 President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday

By Steven Nelson

December 11, 2020 | 4:28pm

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

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.

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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2020, 07:10:07 pm »
A day off is not the same as a federal holiday.  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2020, 07:26:25 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 12, 2020, 07:10:07 pm
A day off is not the same as a federal holiday.  *****rollingeyes*****

Exactly.  Clarification needed before all the "Seperation of Church and State" crowd goes ballistic.
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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2020, 07:31:33 pm »
I used to be a state employee. We didn't get Dec. 24 off. Only Dec. 25 was a state holiday. But every once in a while the governor would let us off from work at noon on Christmas Eve. Doesn't mean it automatically became a state holiday!  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2020, 07:43:39 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 12, 2020, 07:31:33 pm
I used to be a state employee. We didn't get Dec. 24 off. Only Dec. 25 was a state holiday. But every once in a while the governor would let us off from work at noon on Christmas Eve. Doesn't mean it automatically became a state holiday!  *****rollingeyes*****

As a private sector employee, I did not get most of the Federal Holidays off (like Veterans Day and MLK Day), but we did get Christmas Eves and the day after Thanksgiving off.
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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2020, 07:51:50 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on December 12, 2020, 07:43:39 pm
As a private sector employee, I did not get most of the Federal Holidays off (like Veterans Day and MLK Day), but we did get Christmas Eves and the day after Thanksgiving off.

I only work when I'm too drunk to fish, so...  :whistle:
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Re: President Trump makes Christmas Eve a federal holiday
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2020, 07:59:43 pm »
When I worked for a marketing firm for FoMoCo we got the entire week of Christmas off in addition to the normal holidays ... with pay!

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