The declaration is just common sense.
No work will be accomplished by the federal government or virtually any other employer in the country on Monday December 24, 2018
If this is a one-off, that’s not the reason Trump did it. IMHO. :-)
Agree! You know from past videos that in many departments Monday would have been be a big party day, too.
True, but if the offices are closed on Christmas eve, the parties will move to Friday, so no work will happen then either.