What shops are open on Christmas Day this year?

[swt class 450]

What is open on Christmas Day this year? I presume it is just convenience shops and petrol stations that are open? Do any of the local supermarkets open? Does anyone know of any other shops that will be opening on Christmas Day this year?

 

[radamfi]

What is open on Christmas Day this year? I presume it is just convenience shops and petrol stations that are open? Do any of the local supermarkets open? Does anyone know of any other shops that will be opening on Christmas Day this year?

Shops in areas with a significant South Asian population are generally open on Christmas Day.

 

[pdeaves]

A newsagent on Station Road, Marlow.

I would imagine a lot of independent stores in places like Southall where the general populace do not celebrate anything on 25th December will open.

 

[mm333]

Looks like M&S Simply Foods at some Moto services will be open from 8am-2.30pm https://twitter.com/motoway/status/1076450075549880320

 

[Bald Rick]

The Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 prohibits shops larger than 280sq metres (3000 sq ft) from opening on Christmas Day.

Similarly they must close on Easter Sunday, albeit that is covered by the Sunday Trading Act.

 

[swt class 450]

What about shops at our major International Airports? Are these open on Christmas Day or do they shut as well?

 

[DarloRich]

What is open on Christmas Day this year? I presume it is just convenience shops and petrol stations that are open? Do any of the local supermarkets open? Does anyone know of any other shops that will be opening on Christmas Day this year?

Can we not manage a day without shopping?

 

[diffident]

What about shops at our major International Airports? Are these open on Christmas Day or do they shut as well?

The ones on the other side of passport control are not subject to the Christmas Day (Trading) Act or the Sunday Trading Act, so will be operational per their usual opening times. Same as any other business in the departure lounges.

 

[VauxhallandI]

A newsagent on Station Road, Marlow.

I would imagine a lot of independent stores in places like Southall where the general populace do not celebrate anything on 25th December will open.

Carvells as was.

 

[Nighthawke]

Can we not manage a day without shopping?

Seemingly not for some. I have never understood the "siege" concept around public holidays especially this one. It isn't as if there was short notice - it happens every year same date! Why wait until the last minute?

 

[underbank]

Can we not manage a day without shopping?

No, because ever increasing numbers of people are incapable of planning.

 

[birchesgreen]

A lot of people are boring and can't think of anything to do with their leisure time than go to the shops

 

[ComUtoR]

A lot of people are boring and can't think of anything to do with their leisure time than go to the shops

Or sit on a forum...

 

[diffident]

Or sit on a forum...

Sounds painful!!

 

[birchesgreen]

Or sit on a forum...

Well the forum will be open on xmas day so you'll be ok

 

[swt class 450]

According to the Marks & Spencers website all three of the Landside M&Ss at Gatwick Airport ( South Terminal / North Terminal / Petrol Station ) will be open 24/7 as usual on Christmas Day. The same goes for the ones at Heathrow Airport.

It looks like a large amount of the M&Ss based at BP Petrol Stations will still be open 24/7 on Christmas Day (even in lots of smaller towns away from motorways).

I imagine there will probably be some shops in Central London open for the tourists.

 

[PeterY]

I've just a short bicycle ride in my local area and spotted 1 petrol garage open and 1 convenience shop open in the Redborne area of Hertfordshire.

Makes a change from train spotting

 

[Gemz91]

Just been into town to go to Boots after waking up with an awful cough to get some medicine. Couldn't believe how busy town was at 10am on Boxing Day morning. I guess I expected some of the larger stores like House of Fraser to be open, but shops like Greggs and Clintons Cards I didn't expect to be open. Can't the world wait two days for a sausage roll or greeting cards.

 

[birchesgreen]

Don't some shops open at 6am (or earlier?) or some such nonsense on Boxing Day? Way to go to ruin some retail workers (and their families) Christmas day!

 

[Gemz91]

Don't some shops open at 6am (or earlier?) or some such nonsense on Boxing Day? Way to go to ruin some retail workers (and their families) Christmas day!

My first year of being married my wife worked in Next. Neither of us drove at the time, so we had to spend Christmas Day by ourselves as we lived in a different city to all of our family. She was then up at 4am on Boxing Day for a 40 minute walk to work to start work at silly o'clock.

She always said the worse bit was that when the doors first opened, people just rush in and grab stuff off the racks and buy them without trying them on. They then spent the next two weeks doing returns, as people who bought the same jumper in three different sizes because they didn't want to wait to try them on bring the ones back that didn't fit. Pretty much ruined our Christmas that year.

Must admit, I did get a couple of tops in town this morning as i was already there, saved quite a bit of money, but would have happily have waited till tomorrow to get them if House of Fraiser didn't insist on ruining some poor peoples Christmas to make them work today.

 

[tony_mac]

IIRC Next close the fitting rooms during the sale, so people are forced into buying then returning.

Bucking the trend - Home Bargains have decided to close for Boxing Day this year and given the staff an extra (paid) day off.

 

[Busaholic]

Went into Morrison's, Penzance, before 4 p.m. to go to loo/ buy lottery ticket and had a quick shufty. No-one at any of the check-outs, apart from a few staff, hardly any cars in the car park, and I suspect they had an hour or two before they closed (their Christmas opening hours notice was conspicuous by its absence). Costa in town closed at 3 rather than the previously advertised 5.

 

[deltic]

All the tacky souvenir jobs were open in central London yesterday and quite a few Prets. Central London was heaving today far busier than on Saturday before Christmas

 

[route101]

IIRC Next close the fitting rooms during the sale, so people are forced into buying then returning.

Bucking the trend - Home Bargains have decided to close for Boxing Day this year and given the staff an extra (paid) day off.

Pretty sure Morrisons used to close on boxing day in Scotland .
Now the likes of sainsburys open on News years day .

 

[The_Train]

At the end of the day business is business and if it is cost effective to open up then people will. Every petrol station I drove past on Xmas day was busy and every convenience store I went past seemed to have someone going in or out.....probably people who wouldn't normally go in but felt they had no option with the bigger stores being closed. If 10 new people used a small store on Xmas day and 5 of those start to do so more regularly then it's a long term gain by opening on Xmas day.

As for yesterday, I nipped down to a local retail park as my kettle failed on Xmas day (not my steam train, a drink making kettle) and there weren't many spaces available on the car park. Next was well and truly lit up advertising their 'sale' and apparently people had been queuing from 3am