RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Christmas came early for federal employees. President Obama has ordered all executive and agency offices to close their doors on Friday, December 26.

The decree came via Executive Order.

The gift means a four-day weekend for many federal workers.

The full Executive Order can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/06/executive-order-closing-executive-departments-and-agencies-federal-gover