Massachusetts
What’s open and closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Massachusetts – The Boston Globe
Convenience stores: Open at owners’ discretion on both days.
Taverns, bars: Open at owners’ discretion on both days.
Movie theaters: Open both days.
Drug stores: Open both days.
Coffee Shops: Open at owners’ discretion both days.
Banks: Most are closed or open for limited hours both days.
Stock market: Closes at 1 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day.
Municipal, state, federal offices: Open on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day.
Libraries: Open with varying hours on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day.
Schools: Closed both days.
Mail: Post offices open with varying hours on Christmas Eve. Post offices closed Christmas Day; express delivery only.
MBTA: Subways, buses, commuter rail, the RIDE, and ferry routes will operate on regular weekday schedule on Christmas Eve. Silver Line service to and from Logan Airport will be increased.
On Christmas Day, subways, buses and the RIDE will operate on a Sunday schedule. Commuter rail will operate on a weekend schedule. There will be no ferry service. For more information, visit https://www.mbta.com/holidays.
Trash/recycling collection: Collections on Christmas Eve and no collections on Christmas Day in Boston. To monitor your neighborhood’s trash and recycling schedule, download the Trash Day App at: https://www.boston.gov/trash-day-schedule.
Sources: boston.gov and mass.gov.
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the time the stock market closes on Christmas Eve.
Sabrina Lam can be reached at sabrina.lam@globe.com.