Home Depot Christmas Hours 2026 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Home Depot is closed on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2026, and closes early, at 5 p.m., on Christmas Eve.
Stores reopen with regular hours on Saturday, December 26.
Those are the Home Depot Christmas hours on the company’s 2026 schedule. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day bring two more changes a week later.
Christmas Week Store Hours
- Monday to Wednesday, December 21 to 23: regular hours
- Thursday, December 24: open at the usual time, close at 5 p.m.
- Friday, December 25: closed
- Saturday, December 26: regular hours
Regular hours at most stores mean 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. The Sundays on either side, December 20 and 27, keep the shorter Sunday schedule, usually 7 or 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The source is Home Depot’s 2026 holiday store hours, which lists four dates for the end of the year.
Christmas Eve Closing Time
Christmas Eve is a 5 p.m. close, the same as in 2025. Stores open at their normal time, so a typical store gives you 11 hours instead of 16.
In 2026 Christmas Eve falls on a Thursday. That makes Wednesday, December 23, the last full-length shopping day before the holiday.
Everything inside the store keeps that schedule. The Tool Rental Center closes with the store, and pickup orders have to be collected before 5 p.m. or they wait until the 26th. Curbside, which ends at 6 p.m. on a normal day at many stores, can’t outlast the 5 p.m. close either.
A tool rented on Christmas Eve can’t come back on Christmas Day.
Home Depot’s rental agreement charges extra rental time until the item is returned, so plan any December 24 rental around a return before the early close or on the 26th.
Shopping on Christmas Day
Stores are closed, but homedepot.com and the app keep taking orders. Anything bought for pickup will be ready after the store reopens.
Phone support is off too. Home Depot’s online customer care line, 1-800-430-3376, runs 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Eastern every day of the year except Christmas Day.
An order placed on the 25th simply waits in line. If the order is for store pickup, the earliest you’ll collect it is when your store opens on Saturday the 26th.
A gift that has to be under the tree needs to ship sooner. Home Depot’s holiday announcement promises free delivery on more than 2 million items and same-day or next-day delivery on select products. I’d still order by Tuesday, December 22, and check the delivery date at checkout before paying.
Christmas Trees and Decor
Fresh-cut Christmas trees arrive in stores in November, according to Home Depot’s 2026 holiday announcement, and its weekly ad puts the tree lot opening on Black Friday, November 27. The artificial trees and decor have been out since the week of October 5.
The headline artificial trees this year are the 9-foot and 7.5-foot Grand Duchess models, now with app-controlled lights through Home Depot’s Hubspace system.
If you buy a real tree, buy it early in the week before Christmas rather than on the 24th. With a 5 p.m. close and stock that only goes down, Christmas Eve is the worst day to shop for one.
Trees and wreaths ordered online come with a short complaint window. Home Depot’s return policy covers holiday trees, wreaths and garlands that arrive damaged or dead, but only if you text “Support” to 38698 or call within 3 days of delivery.
Once a real tree is home, the U.S. Fire Administration’s advice is short. Water it every day, and keep it at least 3 feet from fireplaces, radiators, space heaters, candles and heat vents.
Returning Christmas Gifts
Gift returns go to store credit. Home Depot’s refund policy answers the question in one line:
The return clock starts on the purchase date, not on December 25, and that catches people out. Two examples, worked from the standard windows:
| Bought on Black Friday, Nov 27 | Window | Last day |
|---|---|---|
| A cordless drill kit | 90 days | Feb 25, 2027 |
| A TV | 30 days | Dec 27, 2026 |
| A gas generator | 7 days | Dec 4, 2026 |
| Holiday decor | 30 days | Dec 27, 2026 |
That TV has two days left after Christmas, and it has to be unused and in its sealed box. The generator’s window closes three weeks before Christmas, which is why short-window items make risky early gifts.
The decor row is the newest rule. SlashGear reported in August that holiday decor bought at Home Depot now has to come back within 30 days, unused and with proof of purchase. Decorations bought in early November would run out of time before Christmas even arrives.
Price drops follow a different rule. Home Depot adjusts the price if it falls within 30 days of purchase, but its price match page excludes clearance, special orders and products bought during promotional events, so a gift picked up in the Black Friday sale may not qualify.
Major appliance gifts run on the tightest clock of all. Damage or defects have to be reported within 48 hours of delivery, so a refrigerator that shows up dented on Christmas Eve shouldn’t wait for the phones to reopen. The same “Support” text line, 38698, is listed in the return policy as open 24/7.
Gifts ordered on homedepot.com can go back to any store for free, except major appliances, and staff can look up the order by email, order number or card. The return rules without a receipt cover gifts that arrive with no paperwork at all.
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
Stores close at 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 31, and open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, January 1, 2027. Both changes match Home Depot’s 2025 schedule.
The 9 a.m. start is three hours later than a normal Friday, which matters if you planned an early pickup for a New Year’s project. With the 8 p.m. close, New Year’s Day runs 11 hours, the same length as Christmas Eve.
Every other holiday for the year is in the Home Depot holiday hours list.
December and January Kids Workshops
The free Kids Workshop keeps its first-Saturday rhythm through the holidays. Home Depot’s 2026 calendar has a holiday train on December 5 and a claw machine bank on January 2, 2027, the day after New Year’s.
Sign-ups open one workshop ahead, so January’s registration should open on December 5. Times and the sign-up steps are in the Kids Workshop schedule.
