What's Open and Closed This Christmas in Birmingham

City offices

Birmingham City Hall, including the Clerk's Office, City Manager's Office and Finance Department, will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday.

The U.S. Post Office on Bowers Street will be closed on Wednesday, nor will there be any mail delivery or pickup. The post office will reopen with normal business hours, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday.

Have an emergency? Don't hesitate to call 911 for police or fire emergencies. For any non-emergency, call the Police Department at 248-530-1889 or the Fire Department at 248-530-1900.

Since the holiday falls on a weekday this year, trash pick-up will be one day late this week.

Grocery stores

Worried what would happen if you burn the ham or forget the milk? Birmingham's three major grocery stores — Kroger, Papa Joe's Gourmet Market and Market Square — will be open on Christmas Eve. Kroger and Papa Joe's will be open until 5 p.m. while Market Square will be open until 7 p.m.

All three stores, however, will be closed on Christmas.

Around town

• The Baldwin Public Library will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and reopens at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
• The Birmingham Ice Sports Arena has open skating from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Christmas Eve but is closed on Christmas. The regular skating schedule, beginning with Parent & Tot Skate at 9:30 a.m., begins again on Thursday.
• The Birmingham Family YMCA will be open until noon on Christmas Eve then closed on Christmas.
• The Palladium 12 Theatre will begin showing movies at 11 a.m. on Christmas Eve and noon on Christmas Day. The Birmingham 8 will also begin showing movies at noon on Christmas Day.

Know of something else open or closed around town for the holidays? Let us know by leaving a comment below.