Photo: Santa in Belmont

Christmas is a day of gift-giving and reflecting on cheerful times from past years around the tree, before decamping to the dinner table to watch the latest holiday movie on the Hallmark Channel and professional sports contests – although the Celtics will be absent playing on Christmas for the first time in a decade – or just relaxing with family and friends.

For those who don’t celebrate the day, several fine Chinese restaurants will be open – Number One Taste on Trapelo Road with a limited menu – and movies are premiering on the big screen on Christmas: Timothée Chalamet’s latest, ‘Marty Supreme,’ opens today, Jack Black and Paul Rudd star in “Anaconda,” while Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson headline a true story about two down-on-their-luck performers who form a Neil Diamond tribute band in “Song Sung Blue.”

Thursday trash and recycling pickup will be pushed forward to Boxing Day, Friday, Dec. 26.

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

Christmas Day

Dunkin’

• The Dunkin’ at 353 Trapelo Rd. will operate from 4 a.m. until 6 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

• Belmont’s supermarket, located at 535 Trapelo Rd., is closed for the holiday.

If you are looking to get around on the MBTA:

• The Fitchburg/South Acton Commuter Line will operate on a weekend schedule, and buses in Belmont will also operate on a Sunday schedule.