[marktwain]

Will a federal judge block this, on the grounds it violates “separation of church and state”?

[Flick Lives]

Literally Hitler.

[Yo-Yo]

Because 10 Federal Holidays just aren’t enough.

[mewzilla]

So this is just for 12-24-2018?

Hmmmm.....

[PJ-Comix]

Spanish folks call days such as Monday, "El Puente." That is, a bridge from Sunday to Christmas Day on Tuesday. Also if the Fourth of July falls on a Thursday, the next day is considered El Puente as the bridge to Saturday. An "El Puente" day is always considered a holiday.

Unfortunately, my wife does not get an El Puente this Monday. She told me she has to work that day but I suspect, because it is a dental office, it will be only a half a day. I mean, who wants to have dental work done on Christmas Eve?

[petitfour]

One less mail day.

[j.argese]

The National Review staff obviously has more time to do their “NeverTrump” activities on FR now.

[Blue House Sue]

Why bother?

Half of federal works would not show up on Christmas Eve, ave the half that do show up don’t do anything.

[Skooz]

This has been customary for decades. If Christmas falls on a Tuesday, the President will usually give Christmas Eve off. If a Thursday, December 26.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The reality is that they’re not doing any work on Christmas Eve, anyway.

[Tonytitan]

What are Federal workers/public sector union workers gonna do when their jobs start being done by automation/robots? Holidays will be a non-consideration then.

[Alas Babylon!]

After reading all the comments, all I can say is...

Lighten up, Francis!

I am happy for them, and think it is a nice gesture from the President.

While most fed employees are democrats and few will thank him for it, it is nice, it’s Christmas, and Scrooge was changed by three spirits overnight.

Let us all be so noble.

[NonValueAdded]

I’ll bet all the non-essentials were bummed that the shutdown was averted. There goes that impromptu paid vacation for the holidays. I guess this makes up for that in part.

[Cubs Fan]

Well thank goodness he’s working on important stuff like federal holidays instead of the border and immigration. *EYEROLL*

[TangledUpInBlue]

Who cares? If you ask me, businesses should be closed for the full week. No one will be around anyway. It’s something good we can learn from Europe.

[john316]

I think he should have given all “non-essential” gubment employees about 4 weeks off with deferred pay..IOW..shut it down till the RINO’s and RATS fund the Wall.

[Calvin Cooledge]

Six-figured, pensioned, unfirable bureaucrats getting a paid holiday at taxpayer expense.

And, yes, I sometimes give my employees a paid holiday on Christmas Eve -- but it comes out of my pocket.

[DoodleDawg]

If he shuts down the government over the wall then Trump can give them the day after Christmas off as well.

[Dahoser]

So while there’s all this pearl clutching going on in the media and on the left about a partial government shutdown over the border wall, there’s going to be pretty much the equivalent on Christmas Eve and the world isn’t going to end.

[napscoordinator]

New? If Christmas is a Tuesday, Monday is always off. If Thursday, friday is off. It’s nice but not new.