Christmas Eve 2024: Christmas Day Store and Service Hours for Most Retailers
Christmas Eve 2024 occurs on Tuesday, and thus, shoppers will be out on and around the day securing that last gift, groceries, and holiday favorite. Whether speeding up and down the corridors looking for misplaced ingredients, Christmas shopping for a forgetful gift-giver, or just stopping by to get a good cup of coffee to get the day started, it's nice to have some sense of what's open—and when. Christmas Eve does provide procrastinators with some leeway, but stores close early and almost every box store is closed Christmas Day.
In attempting to make it simple to plan your day, below is a full list of holiday business hours of some of the largest national chains and services on Christmas Eve 2024.
Costco Christmas Eve Hours
If you're Christmas holiday season stock-up holiday shopping or you just need to grab a few last-minute essentials, Costco will be opening its doors early at 9 a.m. and closing local time at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Just remember that Costco stores are closed on Christmas Day, so get there before Tuesday afternoon. Get there early because they'll have more people in the mornings so don't go in unless you don't mind being one of the masses.
Walmart Christmas Eve Hours
Walmart is Christmas shopping in one stop from electronic to household to grocery. Walmart will be open with shorter hours on Christmas Eve, and it closes at 6 local time. That leaves you afternoons and mornings but don't wait until they close up because employees will begin closing down aisles before they close up shop. Walmart will be closed Christmas day all day.
Target Christmas Eve Hours
Target is the last on the holiday consumer's worst list today, and they deserve it—most of them stay open later than most of all of the rest of the rest of the big-box retailers. Target stores will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve 2024, local time. And if a headlong dash for decorations, gifts, or sweets is a painlessly unavoidable, then Target's extended holiday store hours give the space for that little something extra. But, again similar to Walmart, Target stores do not open on Christmas Day, so do make allowances. Stock Market Hours
US markets will be open with a new schedule for investors tracking their investments or finance market experts. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will close at 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, and bond markets will close at 2 p.m. Christmas Day markets will close but will resume on December 26 with normal business.
ShopRite Christmas Eve Hours
ShopRite stores really do have local hours, therefore, hours need to be varied by location. ShopRite supermarkets will otherwise be closed at other hours on Christmas Eve, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Christmas Day, all shops closed. It's better to err on the side of caution and not risk it by checking early in your area or by calling ahead to find some hours before heading out.
Starbucks Christmas Eve Hours
Starbucks enthusiasts needn't worry—the vast majority of the stores will be open on Christmas Eve, but the hours will vary store to store.
Some will be slightly earlier, opening and closing early afternoon somewhere, and others will be open normal hours. The best guess to actually know is to surf the Starbucks site or app and look up holiday hours in your store. In the event that you need your peppermint mocha to get you through gift wrapping, or your morning-after-holiday shopping fix. Starbucks will be open. Garden State Plaza Christmas Eve Hours
To Garden State Plaza shoppers in New Jersey, the mall will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, giving you your final opportunity to get an early start on a run to department and specialty shops. Like most of the rest of the nation's large malls, Garden State Plaza won't be open on Christmas Day, so do it Tuesday morning early.
Final Thoughts
Christmas Eve is a good timeslot window to be all wrapped up and ready for the holidays.
Although individuals are on shortlists, it is not impossible to take last-minute shopping expeditions. No matter if you are on dinner errands, picking up that forgotten gift, or need an emergency cup of coffee, be sure to plan ahead and check store hours on the Internet or in advance because stand-alone store hours even in the same chain can vary. By planning ahead a bit, your Christmas Eve can be productive, efficient, and mini-holiday. From morning class to Starbucks trips after noon, there's always time to get all of it to go perfectly before the party has even started.
