Stores Open On Christmas Day

Holiday shoppers everywhere are in the final hours of preparation for their Christmas meals. If you wake up Christmas morning to find you’re out of butter, eggs, or some other important pantry staple, you’ll need to know which stores will be open on Christmas Day itself, and which stores will be closed for the holiday.

• CVS Pharmacies will be closed, but all CVS stores will be open on Christmas Day for last-minute shoppers to pick up anything from milk to Zhu Zhu hamsters. Expect to see sales on impulse food items like chips, nuts, soda, and beer that day.

• Starbucks — Most of the 40-plus stores in San Antonio will be closed for the holiday, but typically a handful of locations in centralized areas stay open for limited hours. Specific store locations will be posted later, so check back!

• UPDATE: Many drive-through Starbucks in and around San Antonio will be open, with hours ranging anywhere from 7am to 10pm. A comprehensive list is being compiled over here.

• Walgreens — Historically, Walgreens closes its “neighborhood” locations on Christmas, but keeps the 24-hour stores near highways or major metropolitan areas open. The drugstore chain is being extra-secretive about their plans this year, only promising that most locations will be open through midnight on December 23rd. We’ll keep you posted!

• UPDATE: Walgreens announced today that most stores will be open on Christmas Day from 9am to 6pm, with pharmacies open in 24-hour stores.

• Walmart — Walmart stores in San Antonio will be closing at 6PM on Christmas Eve, and many locations are actually remaining closed on Christmas Day.

If you waited this long to finish your Christmas shopping, you’re not alone. Moneris, one of Canada’s largest payment processors, predicts that Christmas Eve will be the busiest calendar day in terms of transactions per second. That means long line-ups and shopping pandemonium. But if you do decide to brave the shops Dec. 24, here’s your go-to guide on what’s open and what’s closed.

Shopping malls

While almost every mall in Toronto and the GTA, with the exception of Pacific Mall in Markham, is closed on Christmas Day, you can still do your last-minute shopping Dec. 24 at Toronto Eaton Centre, Fairview Mall, Square One, and Vaughan Mills.

Grocery stores

If you need to pick up some last minute Christmas hors d’oeuvres, most grocery stores have got you covered. Loblaws, Dominion, Sobeys, No Frills, Food Basics – they’re all open on Christmas Eve, as long as you get to them before 6 p.m. Alas, none are open on Christmas Day, so buy your turkey early.

LCBO and the Beer Store?

Christmas Eve is a go – but get there before 6 p.m – and, unsurprisingly, Christmas day is a no.

So, is anything open Christmas day?

If you take the bus or the subway and are hoping to visit family or friends on Christmas day, TTC is operating, with Sunday service hours. And you might not be able to shop your heart out Christmas day, but you can still stay entertained. Movie theatres are staying open Christmas Day, as well as several Toronto restaurants. Check out Toronto.com’s handy list of places to dine Dec. 25.

Source: Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/24/whats-open-and-closed-this-christmas-season/#ixzz1957IrTrG