HALIFAX — Whether you’re looking for some last-minute liquor purchases, or when you can run out to return a gift, check out this holiday list.

Make sure to do your shopping and running around before 5 p.m. on Monday, since that’s when most things close for Christmas Eve.

The majority of NSLC stores will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday for Christmas Eve on Dec. 24, and then they will be closed both Tuesday, Dec. 25 for Christmas Day as well as Wednesday, Dec. 26 for Boxing Day.

They will be open for regular hours on Dec. 27.

The NSLC website also points out that due to nation-wide product shortage, some cannabis products may not be available, and over the busy holiday season, expect lineups and longer wait times in cannabis stores.

Independent liquor stores like Rockhead and Bishop’s Cellar are open until 5 p.m. on Monday, and are also closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

For those who can’t wait till Dec. 27, the Moosehead Cold Beer Store on Windmill Rd. in Dartmouth has you covered. They’re open on Christmas Eve until 6 p.m., closed Christmas Day, but then open on Boxing Day from noon to 8 p.m.

Make sure to call ahead or check online for the hours of your local independent breweries or tap rooms, as well as local retail stores.

The Halifax Shopping Centre, Park Lane and Mic Mac Mall are both open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, then closed Tuesday and Wednesday, but open early at 8 a.m. Thursday for retail’s Boxing Day sales. Scotia Square is the same, except it’s also closed on Christmas Eve.

Grocery stores are mostly open on Christmas Eve until 5 p.m., as well, then closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Most pharmacies will be open until 5 p.m. Christmas Eve, closed Christmas Day, and then many will have reduced operating hours on Boxing Day, so call ahead to make sure.

For those travelling around the city, it will be free to cross the MacKay and Macdonald bridges on

Christmas Day.

Halifax Transit buses will be operating on holiday service schedules on Christmas Day, but with no ferry service to Alderney or Woodside.

Buses and ferries will operate on a holiday schedule on Boxing Day, so check online for your specific route information.

All Halifax Public Libraries branches will close at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24 and stay closed over Tuesday and Wednesday.

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There will be no garbage, organics or recyclables collection on Christmas Day. If that’s usually your day, curbside collection will instead have taken place on Saturday.

Curbside collection will go ahead as usual on Boxing Day.