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Plan your time off now: Full list of Federal Holidays in 2026 who gets which days off

Federal holidays list 2026: Federal holidays in 2026 bring clarity and new Christmas rules. OPM confirms eleven federal holidays with several long weekends. Independence Day shifts to Friday, July 3. Trumps Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 law complicates scheduling. Every other federal holiday stays on a weekday. That creates predictable schedules. Long weekends are limited. Check which workers benefit most, and how employers handle observed holiday rules.