Chick-fil-A will be closed for an entire weekend nationwide. Here's why.

(CNN Newsource) — Chick-fil-a's employees will be home for Christmas this year.

That's because the popular chicken chain will be closed Christmas Day, which this year falls on a Saturday.

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And since Chick-fil-A is always closed on Sundays, that means employees will have a two-day holiday weekend.

The chain's 26-hundred u-s locations will reopen on Monday, December 27th.

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Chick-fil-A fans will be able to ring in 20-21 with their favorite fast food, the chain will be open on both New Year's Eve and January 1st.