Oops you did it again!

This year was going to be different. You budgeted well, you gave some thought to gifts you were going to get and you really, truly planned to drive to the mall at some point during the first few weeks of December.

But now look at you. It's Christmas Eve, and you still have to do the majority of your holiday shopping. At this point, not even Jeffrey Bezos could make everything magically show up on your doorstep on Christmas morning. (What's that? It's not Bezos, it's Santa Claus? Please, people, it's 2022. Get real).

Well guess what? All hope is not totally lost. You're probably going to have to sit in traffic, sure, but you can still get out and finish your Christmas shopping today -- and no one will even know you waited that long.

Several stores are open until at least the early evening on Saturday, Christmas Eve. Most of the major local Walmart stores, including at 4381 Cattlemen Road and 8320 Lockwood Ridge Road, are open until 6 p.m. The Mall at University Town Center is also open until 6 p.m., with Macy's closing an hour later at 7 p.m. (Dillard's closes at 6 p.m.)

If you're shopping for gifts, Christmas pajamas or even household necessities a little bit later, going to Target might be your best bet. The retailer's University Town Center, South Tamiami Trail, Fruitville Road, 14th Street West in Bradenton and Venice stores are open until 8 p.m.

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If you're in a rush -- or you're multitasking shopping with last-minute food preparations -- you can take advantage of Target's order online, pick-up in store service, or its drive-up service. As long as orders are placed by 6 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve, they should be ready for pick-up within two hours, according to the retailer.

For delivery, customers can place their Target orders through Shipt by 4 p.m. Christmas Eve for same-day delivery. There's a $35 order minimum and delivery for non-Shipt members is $9.99. Orders can be delivered as soon as 1-2 hours from the time of ordering.

Best Buy stores are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Some items are available for same-day delivery with the retailer on Christmas Eve, as long as they're placed by 11 a.m. EST. Curbside pickup orders can be placed by 5 p.m.

And then there's Amazon. Christmas Eve is, in most parts of the country, too late to order presents through the e-commerce retailer. Not even the biggest company in the history of the world has cracked the code to literally becoming Santa -- not yet anyway. But you can always use Amazon to gift someone a useful piece of currency for humans in 2022 -- an Amazon gift card, delivered immediately by email.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

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