There are few things as depressing as having your house taken away from you on Christmas Eve, so the people at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are issuing a brief moratorium on evicting people from foreclosed properties during the holiday season.

In a statement on its site, F.Mac said it won’t be evicting anyone from any occupied single family and 2-4 unit properties with Freddie Mac mortgages between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3.

“If the property is occupied, our foreclosure attorneys will suspend the eviction to provide a greater measure of certainty to families during the holidays,” said a biggie at Freddie.

While Fannie Mae hasn’t announced specific dates, it has confirmed to the Associated Press that it will be calling for a similar break.

Freddie Mac Suspends Evictions From December 20 to January 3, 2011 [Freddie Mac]

Happy holidays: Freddie Mac halts home evictions for the holidays [NY Daily News]

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