. . . to give federal employees the day off on Wednesday, December 24, 2014.

On December 21, 2012 President Obama issued an executive order excusing some federal employees from duty on Tuesday, December 24, 2012.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/21/executive-order-cl...

We ask President Obama to do the same on Tuesday, December 24, 2013.