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President Obama wowed Saint Nick with his dance moves Thursday night at the National Christmas Tree Lighting. (Associated Press) 
  
 President Obama, a.k.a. the boss-in-chief, decided to give federal employees a holiday present a little early. He issued an executive order Friday giving them the day after Christmas off. 
  
 “All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2014, the day after Christmas Day,” the order says. Exceptions may be made “for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.” 
  
 RELATED: How the Dec. 26 day off affects pay, leave and more for federal workers 
  
 There was no indication if Obama was swayed by an online White House petition urging him to make the day a holiday. The petition said: 
  
 “Federal Employees have dealt with pay freezes and furloughs over the past few years. Giving federal employees an extra holiday on Dec. 26th, 2014 would be a good gesture to improve morale of the federal workforce. Some bases are forcing their employees to take leave or LWOP because of base shut-downs on this day. This is also consistent with past practice. President Obama provided a full-day Monday Dec. 24, 2012 and a half-day off on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. President George W. Bush provided a half-day holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2002, as well as several full days off the day before or after Christmas: Tuesday, December 24, 2001, Thursday, December 26, 2003, Tuesday, December 24, 2007, and Thursday, December 26, 2008. We urge President Obama to issue an executive order.” 
  
 Happy holidays. ||||| President Obama shakes hands with Santa Claus during the lighting of the National Christmas tree on December 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. The tree lighting ceremony marks a month-long series of holiday events in President's Park at The White House. () ORG XMIT: 459829599 ORIG FILE ID: 459955592 (Photo: Pool photo by Chris Kleponis/Getty Images) 
  
 President Obama signed an executive order Friday giving federal employees the day after Christmas off. 
  
 The order means that most federal offices and agencies will be closed Dec. 26 -- and federal workers will get a paid, four-day holiday weekend. 
  
 The order allows agencies to make an exception "for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need." 
  
 It's by no means unprecedented Obama last closed the government for a day on Dec. 24, 2012, a Monday. President George W. Bush gave four days off during Christmas week. 
  
 Thousands of federal employees had signed a petition on the White House web site asking for this year's holiday. But the petition failed to reach a 100,000-signature threshhold requiring a formal reply, so Obama's action was not in direct response to the petition. 
  
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Federal employees just got a Christmas present from President Obama in the form of a four-day weekend. Obama issued an executive order giving the workers off on Dec. 26, reports the Washington Post. Because it's a Friday, that means an extra-long weekend. An online petition on the White House website urged Obama to do so, notes USA Today. And though it fell short of the 100,000 signatures necessary to trigger an official reply, it couldn't have hurt.