While Christmas magic is in the atmosphere and the carols play over and over, holiday shoppers nationwide are racing around to finish up their lists with last-minute gifts, staples, and treats. They know it well, and they're making retail hour changes. It's officially crunch time if you've been putting off your holiday shopping because the majority of major stores will close early on Christmas Eve 2024!
Assisting in making this year's rush possible is this year's condensed holiday schedule. With only 26 days from our Black Friday (Nov. 29) until Christmas Day, the window closes in. If your strategy is to rush out and purchase that last-minute omitted gift or rush into the store and purchase holiday dinner meal food, knowing the exact store hours is a biggie.
Following are Christmas Eve 2024 holiday store hours for big brands of big box US retailers. But always verify holiday store hours for your local store on their website or mobile app since store hours are location-specific—and don't forget in-store pickup and curbside pickup hours are location-specific, too!
Big Retailers' Christmas Eve 2024 Holiday Store Hours
Early Closers Before 6 PM
- Bath & Body Works: Close at 4 p.m.
- Costco: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over a hundred close earlier.
- Hobby Lobby: Open 9 a.m. Close 5:30 p.m.
- Home Depot: Open 6 a.m. Close to 5 p.m.
- Menards: Closing at 5 p.m.
- Office Depot/OfficeMax: Closing at 5 p.m.
Those are where you need to go in the morning. In the evening, going there is like closed doors.
Midday Closers Around 6 PM
- Apple: Close the majority of them at 6 p.m.
- Banana Republic: Close the majority of them at 6 p.m.
- Barnes & Noble are at 6 p.m. Closeing
- Bass Pro Shops are Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Belk: Open 7 a.m. Close 6 p.m.
- Big Lots: Open 7 a.m. Close 6 p.m.
- BJ's Wholesale: Open 8 a.m. Close 6 p.m.
- Dick's Sporting Goods: Open 7 a.m. Close 6 p.m.
- Dillard's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Five Below: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Gap: Varying, most at 6 p.m.
- HomeGoods: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- JCPenney: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Lowe’s: Closing at 6 p.m.
- Marshalls: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Michaels: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Nordstrom/Nordstrom Rack: Most close at 6 p.m.
- Old Navy: Most close at 6 p.m.
- Party City: Closing at 6 p.m.
- PetSmart: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sam's Club: Closing at 6 p.m.
- Staples: Closing at 6 p.m.
- T.J. Maxx: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Tractor Supply: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Ulta: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Walmart: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Some of the food and electronics retail outlets, fashion and beauty. Beat the crowd as time equals money, thus try an early run before 5 p.m. to beat the last-minute shoppers.
Late Closers After 6 PM
- Academy and Outdoor Sports: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Best Buy: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Kohl's (Open 12 hours): 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Macy's: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Meijer: Closeing at 7 p.m.
- Petco: Closeing at 7 p.m.
- Target: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
If you’re running behind, these retailers have your back with extended hours—just don’t cut it too close. Even a quick dash in can take time with holiday lines and last-minute shoppers.
Extended or Varying Hours
- CVS: Vary store to store; some are open 24 hours
- Dollar General: Closeing at 10 p.m.
- Dollar Tree: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Family Dollar: Typically close at 10 p.m.
- GameStop: Some of them remain open until 10 p.m.
- Rite Aid: Varies; closed Christmas Day
- Ross: Most of them remain open until 10 p.m.
- Walgreens: Some of them remain open 24 hours
These stores are the ones that bail you out when you're late. Impulse purchases, fillers, wrapping paper, or wild hoard.
Holiday Shopping Strategies
- Use Store Apps: Any large chain will have an app with their current hours and store availability.
- Find Pickup Places: Store and curbside pickup spots become available before the store.
- Traffic Plan: Streets and roadblock totally lose it for lunch. Attempt to go early if possible.
- Callshadowing: Want to know ahead of time? Call your local store early.
Christmas Eve: an entire night of nuttiness, all rolled into one—and, naturally, some nuttiness. But with this clever guide to store hours, you'll be shopping, avoiding last-minute shopping chaos, and having a stress-free holiday. If you're venturing the special journey in for the special present or purchasing special pie, you'll now possess the inside information.
