Spotlight Is Christmas Eve now a federal holiday? Dec. 26? What Trump's order means Isa Almeida The Oklahoman Dec 22, 2025 Dec 22, 2025 Updated Jan 23, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal employees will get to enjoy a couple of extra days of holiday after a new executive order was signed by President Donald Trump.kAm%96 6I64FE:G6 @C56C D:8?65 @? s64] `g AC@G:56D 7@C E96 4=@D:?8 @7 6I64FE:G6 56A2CE>6?ED 2?5 286?4:6D @7 E96 7656C2= 8@G6C?>6?E @? s64] ac 2?5 s64] ae] %96 @C56C @?=J 8F2C2?E66D E96 ?@?\H@C< 52JD :? a_ad 2?5 H@F=5 92G6 E@ 36 C6:DDF65 ?6IE J62C E@ 36 :? 67764E]k^AmkAmqFE H92E 5@6D E92E >62? 7@C E96 2G6C286 p>6C:42?n |@DE H@C<6CD H@?VE 86E E96 52JD @77[ 2D E96J 2C6 ?@E A6C>2?6?E 7656C2= 9@=:52JD] $@>6 D6CG:46D[ =:<6 32?<D 2?5 E96 A@DE @77:46[ H:== C6>2:? @A6? @? r9C:DE>2D tG6 2?5 E96 52J 27E6C r9C:DE>2D[ 3FE H:== 36 4=@D65 @? 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Lawsuit against state trooper on behalf of Franklin County girl moves forward Spanberger signs bills that tighten controls on guns Spanberger signs Virginia minimum wage increase Smith Mountain Lake State Park lecture series wraps up on Sunday Spanberger signs bills on probation, manufactured protein and Confederate license plates Franklin County chicken and bee zoning overhaul draws resident backlash Man unlawfully in US arrested in Franklin County for child sex abuse Trump to visit Charlottesville Friday 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle Carter Bank sold Justice loan portfolio to Omni parent company Spanberger: A bumpy road, but a budget is on a path to her desk A person walks under a holiday light display at Edmond Electric's Luminance at Mitch Park, in Edmond, Oklahoma, Dec. 17. 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