Last-Minute Christmas Shopping: Who is Open and Who is Closed on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve 2024
Christmas day proper is a day of unwinding, seeing relatives, and — naturally — last-minute shopping. It's very likely that you've forgotten something for the present, lost items to create bakes, or need equipment, and therefore whether the venues and shops are open is the very lifeblood. Christmas Eve falls on Tuesday, 24th December, 2024, and Christmas Day is on Wednesday, 25th December, 2024, and therefore the majority of the stores are going to shift their schedule such that they can give time to the employees to celebrate the day with their families as well.
Following is the full list of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve 2024 open and closed shops in order to plan in advance and avoid unnecessary hassles of going on a trip.
Grocery Stores
Albertsons Companies — Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Randalls, Shaw's, Vons, and Tom Thumb — will be on reduced holiday hours Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day, but some Albertsons, Safeway, ACME, and Vons may be on reduced holiday hours. Call and check with your branch best.
Kroger and Sam's operating stores — Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's and King Soopers — will maintain regular holiday hours on Christmas Eve but close all locations Christmas Day.
Whole Foods, Aldi and Trader Joe's all will limit Christmas Eve hours, when they close early, and close all locations Christmas Day.
Costco is closed Christmas Day but Sam's Club is open 6 p.m. Christmas Eve through to Christmas Day.
Retail Stores
Walmart retail stores are open from 6 p.m. on Christmas Evem and close the entire Christmas Day.
Target is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve but is closed on Christmas Day.
Home Depot will generally close by 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and be closed on Christmas Day. Lowe’s will follow a similar schedule.
Anchor department stores like Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom, and Nordstrom Rack will be open with reduced hours on Christmas Eve and closed completely on Christmas Day.
If holiday shopping or procrastinated planned purchase, try getting this done by early Christmas Eve evening.
Financial Institutions
The banks will usually be closed on Christmas Day after Federal Reserve holiday closings schedules. Some of the traditional ones are Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and TD Bank.
Most of the banks, some big companies like Wells Fargo, close early on Christmas Eve but most banks close at lunchtime.
Cell and internet banking and automatic teller machines will be open on holidays, though, so business as usual will be an option electronically.
The NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange are also closed on Christmas Day, closing all stock market trading on the holiday.
Pharmacies
CVS pharmacies are open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but for early closings. CVS pharmacy stores will be closed Christmas Day, so call ahead.
Rite Aid stores will be closed on Christmas Day but will operate normal hours on Christmas Eve.
Walgreens stores and pharmacies will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and 24-hour stores and pharmacies will have their full operation. Non-24-hour stores will have the majority of pharmacy units closed on Christmas Day but store retail operations may stay open on reduced hours.
Postal and Shipping Services
United States Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver nor collect on Christmas Day. Post offices are shut.
FedEx Express and FedEx Office will operate shorter hours on Christmas Eve, although the majority of FedEx facilities will be open as usual. FedEx facilities will be closed on Christmas Day with the exception of FedEx Custom Critical.
UPS will maintain open regular business on Christmas Eve but selectively early closing of UPS Stores with limited hours. UPS Express Critical services will be open on Christmas Day but the majority of retail UPS Stores will be closed.
Final Thoughts
Pre-Christmas weeks are normally hectic, and an Eleventh hour dash to the shops is a yuletide tradition in itself. But whereas other businesses are closing early shifts or remaining shut outright, it's worth doing in advance if you can. If you do have supplies, household supplies, or drugs, have an early evening go at your Christmas Eve shop.
Don't forget to call or look up online holiday hours for some of the stores because individual stores — and especially smaller stores — do get to have holiday hours.
Happiest holidays to a stress-free, peaceful holiday — no Christmas morning traffic to fight to get to an open store!
