Author: Editors / Source: USA TODAY
Christmas Eve store hours for your last minute shopping
If you still have Christmas gifts to buy Monday, you’re late but not alone: According to the National Retail Federation’s December survey, more than 7 percent of Americans will finish holiday shopping on Christmas Eve.
Catering to true procrastinators, the majority of stores and malls across the nation are opening early Monday and will close by dinner time, with a few exceptions. Amazon is offering same-day Christmas Eve delivery for Prime members in more than 10,000 cities and towns across the country. Many stores will also accept online orders for in-store pickup Monday. To help plan your last-minute shopping down to the minute, here are Christmas Eve store hours for department stores, discount retailers and grocers.
Federal employees off during Christmas shutdown
President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order declaring that “all executive departments and agencies of the federal government shall be closed” on Monday, continuing a loosely followed tradition when Christmas falls on a Tuesday. That was before a partial government shutdown unfolded Saturday — the third shutdown this year — with nine federal departments and several smaller agencies putting more than 380,000 federal workers on furlough and forcing another 420,000 employees to work without pay. The Senate adjourned Saturday for the holidays with no plans to return until Thursday, ensuring the shutdown will drag on for several more days (at least).
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