Although most businesses are closed on Christmas Day, there are select grocery stores, convenience stores and restaurants that are open. Following is a list of open locations in case you need to make a last minute trip to the store.
Holiday shoppers flock to Suncoast malls and stores on Christmas Eve Holiday shoppers on the Suncoast pick up last minute gifts. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | December 24, 2020 at 8:29 PM EST - Updated December 24 at 8:30 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Many people were feeling excited on Christmas Eve at The Mall at University Town Center and other stores across the Suncoast. The mall was packed with last minute shoppers.
“It’s really busy we’re having a good time, my mom just flew into town and we’re all just doing a little bit of last minute shopping,” said Jamaal Savwoir, a last minute shopper.
CHICAGO (WLS) The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly changed a lot of things, but holiday shopping procrastination isn t one of them.
Just like any Christmas Eve, last-minute shoppers in Chicago braved the cold temperatures to get those last items on their holiday gift list. It s been hard to keep track of time, like, yesterday we realized, Oh we forgot a present to buy so we better do that today, said Gail Swanson, last-minute shopper.
In a year of pandemic, the last-minute shopping looked much different from years past. It s totally different. I mean, the joy is still there, though but it s totally different, less people, said Maridsa Rivera, last-minute shopper.
HICKSVILLE, Long Island (WABC) The coronavirus pandemic is impacting this year s holiday shopping, with much smaller crowds hitting the stores on Christmas Eve to pick up some last-minute gifts.
The first shoppers trickled in Thursday, and many were there to make returns, not purchases, with many ordering the bulk of their purchases online this year.
That s the story of most shoppers the holiday season dodging crowds to keep safe.
Stores had lines outside in order to adhere to social distancing regulations, with lots of sanitizer stations and extra cleaning measures in place.
Still, shoppers at Broadway Commons in Hicksville were determined to get those Christmas gifts in the nick of time. Call the pandemic a convenient excuse, though, because for many of them, it had nothing to do with the procrastinating.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) Just two days before Christmas, some Bay Area shoppers are hitting up malls and stores to pick up last-minute items. With the stay-at-home order in place, are more people rushing to stores or waiting for packages to arrive in the mail? ABC7 News went to the stores to find out.
Just after the doors opened at 8 this morning the first shoppers trickled into the Kohls in Redwood City to make returns, not purchases.
Katie Mo said she had already purchased the bulk of her Christmas items online this year.
That s the story of most shoppers the holiday season: dodging crowds to keep safe.