{"id":23708,"date":"2026-09-21T13:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/23708\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:42:34","slug":"tacoma-wa-grocery-stores-open-late-on-christmas-eve-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/23708\/","title":{"rendered":"Tacoma WA grocery stores open late on Christmas Eve 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need a last-minute stick of butter for your Christmas cookies? Want a roll of Scotch tape to wrap one last gift?<\/p>\n<p>If you live in or are visiting Tacoma, you\u2019re in luck. Grocery stores throughout the area are open on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Some even observe special holiday hours on Thursday, Dec. 25, for Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Hours may vary by location, so make sure to check with your local store before heading out.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/marjan-blan-3nURJV_L7-8-unsplash.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"marjan-blan-3nURJV_L7-8-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Grocery stores around Tacoma are open on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve 2025.\"\/>                                                                                    Grocery stores around Tacoma are open on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve 2025.                                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Marjan Blan on Unsplash                                                                                        How late are Tacoma grocery stores open on Christmas Eve?<\/p>\n<p>Grocery stores across Tacoma will be open on Christmas Eve, although several will be closing early ahead of the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s when local grocery stores and other popular retailers close on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve, according to their websites or employees:<\/p>\n<p>When is Safeway open on Christmas Day?<\/p>\n<p>If you find yourself in need of groceries on Christmas Day, you can head to at least one grocery store chain with multiple locations in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<p>Several Safeway locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, including stores on Proctor Street, North Pearl Street, M Street, South 38th Street, South 56th Street and 72nd Street East, according to the Safeway website.<\/p>\n<p>Which supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day?<\/p>\n<p>The following grocery stores and retailers will close on Thursday for Christmas Day:<\/p>\n<p> Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Tacoma News Tribune<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hi_j0070(13).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Sara Schilling\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Sara Schilling<\/p>\n<p>                    mcclatchy-newsroom<\/p>\n<p>            Sara Schilling is a former journalist for mcclatchy-newsroom\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need a last-minute stick of butter for your Christmas cookies? Want a roll of Scotch tape to wrap one last gift? If you live in or are visiting Tacoma, you\u2019re in luck. Grocery stores throughout the area are open on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve. Some even observe special holiday hours on Thursday, Dec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3259,3256,3254,3257,3255,3258,3252,3250,3253,3251],"class_list":["post-23708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington","tag-washington","tag-washington-dining","tag-washington-food","tag-washington-grocery-stores","tag-washington-restaurants","tag-washington-state","tag-washington-state-dining","tag-washington-state-food","tag-washington-state-grocery-stores","tag-washington-state-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117309324984139862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}