Christmas Day is Friday, Dec. 25, and many want to know what is open.
Walmart, Target, Safeway, Kmart, and Costco are CLOSED on Christmas.
Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Publix, Kroger, and Starbucks are also closed.
Stores that are OPEN include Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, 7 Eleven, Albertsons (limited hours), Family Dollar, and Circle K.
It added: “Rite-Aid rounds out the big three drugstores in the US, but not all their stores are open — only selected stores remain open. You'll need to contact your local Rite Aid to confirm whether or not it will be open on December 25. Those that are open usually are from 9 am to 5 pm. Like the other drugstores, it will offer a wider selection of possible gifts than convenience stores.”
Meanwhile, NASA says that there’s going to be a full moon on Christmas for the first time in nearly 40 years.
“It just makes Santa’s job easier, and Rudolf can stay home,” Myers says.
“December’s full moon, the last of the year, is called the Full Cold Moon because it occurs during the beginning of winter. The moon’s peak this year will occur at 6:11 a.m. EST.”
“This rare event won’t happen again until 2034. That’s a long time to wait, so make sure to look up to the skies on Christmas Day.”
“As we look at the moon on such an occasion, it’s worth remembering that the moon is more than just a celestial neighbor,” said John Keller, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “The geologic history of the moon and Earth are intimately tied together such that the Earth would be a dramatically different planet without the moon.”
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II will use her Christmas broadcast to emphasize that light can triumph over darkness after a difficult year.
The queen will note there have been “moments of darkness” in the last year, which has been marked by extremist attacks and a migrant crisis that has overwhelmed Europe, but cites the Bible as offering solace.
“The Gospel of John contains a verse of great hope, often read at Christmas carol services: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it,’” the queen plans to say, according to excerpts released by Buckingham Palace.
The prerecorded speech will be broadcast on radio and television in Britain at 3 p.m. and in many parts of the British Commonwealth on Christmas Day. It will also be posted on the royal YouTube channel.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
