Christmas 2016 hours: What’s open, closed and hours for Wal-Mart, Target, grocery stores – NJ.com

Sunday, Dec. 25 is Christmas Day 2016, but the federal holiday will be observed on Monday, Dec. 26. This year’s calendar means a lot of changes from Christmas 2016 hours and what’s open and closed on Christmas Day, as well as Monday, the 26th. 

Walmart will close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, two hours earlier than normal. The store is closed on Christmas Day but will reopen Dec. 26. Check your local store for exact hours. 

Here are additional hours for other retailers. Shoppers should also verify hours with their local stores:  

Best Buy

Saturday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) – 7 a.m.- 6 p.m.

Closed Christmas

Monday, Dec. 26 – 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.

Kohl’s

Saturday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) – Stores close at 6 p.m.

Closed Christmas

Target

Saturday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) – 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

Closed Christmas

Monday, Dec. 26 – 7 a.m.-11 p.m.

Toys R Us

Saturday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) – Stores close at 9 p.m.

Closed Christmas

Other retailers’ holiday hours can be found here. 

Is Starbucks open on Christmas? Some locations will be, others will not. Again, check with your local store to make sure. 

Local, state and federal government offices will be closed and no mail will be delivered that Monday. Package carriers UPS and FedEx will both be closed Monday as well.

Most banks will be closed Dec. 25 and 26, although a few, including many TD Bank branches, will be open on the 26th. The New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Dec. 26.

NJ Transit buses will operate on a modified schedule Dec. 25 and 26. Rail customers should consult the agency’s trip planner for any journeys planned for the three-day weekend.

The PATH train will keep a Sunday schedule Dec. 25 and a Saturday schedule on Monday, Dec. 26.

Many major shopping outlets will be open Dec. 26, including the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, The Mall at Short Hills, The Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, the Bridgewater Commons Mall in Bridgewater, Woodbridge Center, the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown and the Deptford Mall.

Although Dec. 26 will be a holiday for many here in the U.S. because Christmas falls on a weekend this year, the day following the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is always an official holiday in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Known as Boxing Day, the observance started out as a respite for servants to visit family and also to receive gifts from their employers — which came in Christmas boxes.

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