What’s open on Christmas day?

Christmas day is a grand festival, so most of the people celebrate it with their families or with their loved ones, since most of the people are taking a day off from work, it really becomes difficult to know what’s open on Christmas day 2016.

No matter what you are planning for the big festival, whether you are going out for dinner or preparing something special at home, mentioned below are some of the places which are open on the Christmas day.

Whats open on Christmas day

Grocery stores open on Christmas day

When you choose to prepare Christmas dinner at home for your friends and family it always becomes inevitable that you will forget to buy something and at the last moment you need that key ingredient for making your meal a special one.

No matter how many times you check the list you often tend to forget something.

For your rescue, there are some supermarkets and drugstores which are open for most of the part of the Christmas day, which gives you a chance to run down to the grocery store and get all your last minute ingredients.

The grocery stores mentioned below are open on the Christmas day; however, it would be necessary if you could confirm with them on their working hours before heading out:

CVS

The working hours of this grocery store usually varies based on the location, hence a confirmation call to the grocery would be required before you head out.

Kroger

Kroger has largest amount of supermarket chains in the country, most of its branches are open 24/7 on the Christmas day, however, it would be necessary to call and confirm your local supermarket branch before heading out since its Christmas time and the working hours could vary depending on its location.

Albertsons

Albertson is a supermarket and also drug store, on the Christmas day their working hours are between 10 am to 4 pm.

Rate Aid

Rate Aid is one of the most recognized drugstore chains in the U.S; this drugstore is open 24/7 on the Christmas day.

Walgreens

Walgreens is one of the finest online pharmacy in the U.S, it would be necessary to confirm with the local store before heading out as the local store hours on Christmas day would vary based on its location.

Most of the other stores such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Ralph’s, Giant Eagle and Publix are expected to be closed on the Christmas day.

Restaurants open on Christmas day

If you have decided that you would prefer to eat out on the Christmas day instead of preparing a Christmas dinner for your friends and family then you would need to make some homework as most of the restaurants would be closed on the Christmas day.

In the past you would only find some Chinese restaurants open on the Christmas day, but now that has changed as restaurants make more money in the holidays as they have more customers coming in.

Some restaurants even prefer being open for 24 hours on the Christmas day in order to attract more customers.
The chain restaurants which are expected to be open on Christmas are mentioned below, however, the operating hours would vary based on the location hence it would be better to call and confirm before paying a visit.

Denny’s

Denny’s one of the most famous chain restaurants in the United States, they are open 24/7 on Christmas.

In the year 2013 on the Christmas day Denny’s had its busiest day by serving close to 1.3 million guests.

Applebee’s

It would be better to call and confirm if you want to head out to your local chain of Applebee’s restaurant as in some locations it might be closed and the working hours also would differ based on its location.

Boston Market

Confirmation would be required with your local location before heading out as in some of the locations it might be closed.

Baskin-Robbins

Baskin-Robbins functions till 5pm on the Christmas day.

Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin Donuts functions on regular hours on the Christmas day.

IHOP

IHOP functions on regular hours on the Christmas day.

Buffalo Wild Wings

Confirmation would be required with your local location before heading out as in some of the locations it might be closed.

Golden Corral

Confirmation would be required with your local location before heading out as in some of the locations it might be closed.

Mcdonalds

Confirmation would be required with your local location before heading out as in some of the locations it might be closed.

Apart from the above mentioned chain of restaurants other restaurants such as Jack in the box, Pizza Hut, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Subway, Perkins and Ruby Tuesday might be open on the Christmas day however, it a confirmation would be required with your local locations before heading out.

Shopping Malls open on Christmas day

If you have forgotten to pick up a valuable gift for your family members or a close friend and would like to know which shopping mall would be open on the Christmas day to do a little bit of Christmas shopping then the below list of shopping malls open on Christmas day would help you a little.

Mall of America

This mall is open on the Christmas day, however, most of the retail stores are closed on the Christmas day, and hence it would be better to first call and get a confirmation for exact hours.

The general working hours are from 10 am to 7 pm.

Sunvalley mall

This mall is a shopping center which is located in Concord, California; this mall will be open from 10 am to 7 pm and for 365 days per year.

This mall is newly established and has a lot of retail stores, restaurants, entertainment events.

If you want to visit a specific retail store in the mall then it would be necessary for you to call and confirm before heading out.

All other malls are closed on the Christmas day; however you might find lots of malls which are open on the Christmas Eve.

Most of the shopping malls which function on the Christmas Eve close down early.

We hope you’ve found this post useful and now you know what’s open and what’s closed around your location on Christmas day.

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