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onenote

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11. Not unusual. Presidents, including Biden, Obama, and Clinton, often have done the same thing in the past.
Reply to Old Crank (Original post)
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 11:33 AM
Dec 27

Must be a slow news day. Its basically a tradition for the president to give federal employees an extra day off on Christmas Eve and/or the day after Christmas, especially when those days fall on a Monday or Friday.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/06/executive-order-closing-executive-departments-and-agencies-federal-gover

President Obama also issued an order closing the federal government on Monday, December 24 in 2012.
President Biden issued an order closing the federal government on Tuesday December 24 2024
President Clinton issued an order closing the federal government on Friday, December 26 1997.
Bush and Reagan also did the same thing.

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New National Holiday? [View all] Old Crank Dec 26 OP
How about Epstein Files Day? Dave Bowman Dec 26 #1
Few are even bothering, everything is open, it's a one time deal Congress is the only way to do if officially nt yaesu Dec 27 #2
Well, Presidents have done it many times in the past. onenote Dec 27 #12
When Trump gets put in a box, mr715 Dec 27 #3
It is mostly only called Boxing Day in the Commonwealth nations or ex Commonwealth nations. In much of Europe, like here Celerity Dec 27 #4
Here in Munich Old Crank Dec 27 #5
In the US we do NOT have a State religion Mossfern Dec 27 #6
Not national. That require's Congressional legislation. Igel Dec 27 #7
Is that the day he steals edhopper Dec 27 #8
Tempest in a teapot. Ms. Toad Dec 27 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Dec 27 #10
Not unusual. Presidents, including Biden, Obama, and Clinton, often have done the same thing in the past. onenote Dec 27 #11
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