What is open and closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2024?

New York
CNN
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Last minute errands often seem to pop up on Christmas and Christmas Eve, whether it’s buying a quick gift or picking up one last ingredient.

Many shops and offices are closed two vacation days to allow employees to spend time with their loved ones during the holiday season. This year Christmas Eve falls on December 24th and Christmas falls on Wednesday December 25th.

Before you go out, be sure to check the hours of locally owned businesses.

Here’s what’s open and closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2024.

Albertsons Companies stores – Safeway, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Randalls, Shaw’s, Vons and Tom Thumb – will be open Christmas Eve with reduced hours.

Many of these flagship stores and pharmacies, including Jewel-Osco, Randalls, Shaw’s and Tom Thumb, will be closed Christmas Day. Some Albertsons, Safeway, ACME and Vons stores will be open with adjusted hours. The company said to check with your local store before visiting for Christmas.

Another grocery giant, Kroger, will operate mostly normal business hours on Christmas Eve, but will be closed Christmas Day. Along with Kroger, the company owns Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less and Foods Co.

Whole Foods, Aldi and specialty grocer Trader Joe’s are open at altered hours on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.

The warehouse club Costco is closed for Christmas. Sam’s Club closes at 18:00 local time on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day.

Walmart stores close at 18.00 local time on Christmas Eve and all shops are closed on Christmas Day. Target is open from 7:00 a.m. to 20.00 local time on Christmas Eve, but will be closed Christmas Day.

Home Depot says to check with your local store, but locations will generally close at 17.00 on Christmas Eve and remain closed on Christmas Day. Lowe’s will be open as usual Christmas Eve and closed Christmas Day.

Department store Macy’s will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve and close on Christmas Day. Kohl’s will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time Christmas Eve and will be closed Christmas Day. Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack stores will be open with limited store hours on Christmas Eve and close the next day.

Most banks follow the Federal Reserve holiday, so most teller services will be closed on Christmas Day. As always, you can use mobile banking and ATMs.

Bank of America will be closed Christmas Day. Wells Fargo will close at noon local time on Christmas Eve and will be closed all day on December 25. TD Bank will also be closed Christmas Day.

The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ will not trade on Christmas Day.

CVS Pharmacies will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas, but may have reduced opening hours. CVS said to check with your local store before visiting.

Rite Aid is open for regular business hours on Christmas Eve, but will be closed on Christmas Day.

Walgreens will be open Christmas Eve and all of its 24-hour pharmacies will remain open for 24 hours. On Christmas Day, Walgreens will operate during its regular business hours, but most pharmacies will be closed with the exception of 24-hour locations and certain others.

The The United States Postal Service will not be sending or delivering mail on December 25th.

On Christmas Eve, FedEx Express and FedEx Office will operate on modified hours, but other services such as FedEx Ground and Custom Critical will be open as normal. On Christmas Day, all FedEx services except Custom Critical will be unavailable.

UPS will operate as normal on Christmas Eve. Limited UPS stores will be open on Christmas Day and only UPS Express Critical service will be available.