What’s Open And Closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas in Belmont

Photo: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Christmas is a day of gift-giving and reflecting on cheerful times from past years around the tree, gift giving, before decamping to the dinner table to watch the latest holiday movie on the Hallmark Channel and professional sports events or just relaxing with family and friends.

For those who don’t celebrate the day, several fine Chinese restaurants will be open, and movies are premiering on the big screen on Christmas. A Complete Unknown the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, and three animated pics: Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Moana 2.

And if you have a “need” to get out of the house, here are a few places around town closing early Christmas Eve and open on Christmas:

Christmas Eve early closings:

Star Market at 535 Trapelo Rd. will close at 6 p.m. The pharmacy closes at 5 p.m.
CVS: The store at 264 Trapelo Rd. is closing at 10 p.m. (the pharmacy at 6 p.m.) and 60 Leonard St. at 10 p.m. (with the pharmacy shutting its doors at 6 p.m.)
Starbucks at 110 Trapelo Rd. in Cushing Square will close at 5 p.m.
Dunkin’ at 353 Trapelo Rd. is closing at 8 p.m., while the store at 52 Church St. is closing at 7 p.m. The store at 350 Pleasant St. will shut down at 6 p.m.
MBTA buses and subway lines will run on a Sunday schedule. The commuter rail is on the weekend schedule.

Christmas Day

Dunkin’

The Dunkin’ at 353 Trapelo Rd. will operate from 4:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.
The 52 Church St. location in Waverley Square will be open from 4 a.m. to 3 p.m.
350 Pleasant St. will be open from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Starbucks

The “Cushing Village” location at 110 Trapelo Rd. will be open from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CVS Pharmacy

The store at 264 Trapelo Rd. will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The operation at 60 Leonard St. in Belmont Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Christmas.
The pharmacies on Trapelo Road and Belmont Center will be closed.

Star Market