Federal employees will get two additional days off next week, both on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday afternoon.

Federal employees already get Dec. 25 off for Christmas Day as a standard federal holiday.

Despite the additional days off for most, Trump’s executive order clarified that some agencies and offices may need to remain open, and that certain federal employees may still need to report for duty for “national security, defense or other public need.”

There is no guarantee that presidents will grant federal employees extra time off around Christmas, but many have done so in recent years. Former President Joe Biden gave federal employees Christmas Eve off in 2024. And during Trump’s first term in office, he gave federal employees an extra day off for Christmas Eve in 2020, 2019 and 2018.

This year is the first time in recent years that federal employees have received two additional days off around the holiday.

In 2014, former President Barack Obama gave federal employees the day off on Friday, Dec. 26, and in 2012, the former president gave employees the day off on Monday, Dec. 24.

Former President George W. Bush gave federal employees Monday, Dec. 24 off in both 2007 and 2001.

This story was updated with additional details.

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