What is open and closed in Massachusetts on Christmas Eve 2024?

Christmas Eve is a great way to spend time with family and friends just before the big holiday.

Whether you’re doing last-minute shopping or trying to figure out if you can take a bus ride to your mom’s house, it might not be clear if the day before the big holiday is one of the days the locations are open or no.

Here’s what you can expect to be open and which locations have different opening hours on December 24, 2024.

Government

City and Town Offices: Open

Government offices: Open

Registration of motor vehicles: Open

State and local courts: Open

Federal Courts: Open

Finance

Banks: Open. Most ATMs will remain open.

The stock market: The New York Stock Exchange will be open and the Nasdaq will also be open.

Alcohol

Wine shops: Open

Cannabis pharmacies: Massachusetts regulators do not identify specific holidays when cannabis dispensaries must close, according to the Cannabis Control Commission. It is up to the respective hash shop whether they choose to stay open or closed on Christmas Eve.

Shopping

Auburn Mall: Open

Holyoke Mall: Open

Hadley Mall: Open

Natick Mall: Open

Capital Y: Open

Stop & Shop: Open

Market basket: Open

Price Rite: Open

Star market: Open

Walmart: Open

Goal: Open

Wegmans: Open

Safeways: Open

Costco: Open

CVS: Open

Walgreens: Open

Aldi: Open

Whole foods: Open

Trader Joe’s: Open

Parcel services

Post offices: Open

FedEx: Open

UPS: Open

Transportation

Lowell RTA: Lowell RTA closes at 18.00

MBTA: Metro, bus and The RIDE will all run on a fixed schedule

Merrimack Valley RTA: A complete list of Christmas Eve routes for the Merrimack Valley RTA can be found here

MetroWest RTA: Services end at 19:30.

Pioneer Valley Transit Authority: The Springfield routes will end early on December 24 and the Northampton routes will also end early. A full list of PVTA’s Christmas Eve routes can be found here.

Worcester RTA: The buses run according to the normal timetable