Federal workers await word on day off

Published November 19, 2008 5:00am ET



Hundreds of thousands of federal employees around the Washington area are waiting for President George Bush to decide whether to give them off the day after Christmas.

The calendar has conspired against federal workers this season — the days after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day are all Fridays.

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